[1] Feltin came to Austin with Sister Alphonse Boegler and together they established the first Catholic school in Texas.
[3] In 1872, a superior priest, Father Edward Sorin of the Holy Cross in Austin, wanted to take over a school which was under the jurisdiction of the Sisters of Divine Providence.
[10] Feltin's refusal to give the property to Sorin was the beginning of her personal trouble with male members of the church in Texas.
[12] In order to solve the problem, Feltin's brother, Nicholas, taught the boys and another sister, St. Joseph, was able to teach the girls.
[13] Both siblings thought the problem was solved until Texas was divided by the Catholic diocese in December 1872 into separate sections overseen by different Bishops.
[17] In 1876, a new Texas School Law was established which helped the sisters provide education to everyone, regardless of economic situation.
He also "hounded her for years, disciplined other nuns she had befriended, suspended her right to the sacraments" and would not allow any Catholic order to provide her shelter.
[1] A historic fictional account of her life, The Tattered Heart (ISBN 978-0595436392), was written in 2007 by Mary Diane Langford.