Sisters of the Holy Family (Louisiana)

Roman Relations with: The Sisters of the Holy Family (SSF; French: Soeurs de la Sainte Famille) are a Catholic religious order of African-American nuns based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Around 1836, they formed the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, New Orleans' first confraternity of women of color.

Bishop Antoine Blanc did not allow them to wear traditional habits because they were women of color.

She was a white French woman and was prevented by segregation law from joining a congregation of women of color.

The Association of the Holy Family, a lay group of free persons of color, contributed financially.

The sisters would take in sick and elderly women, providing care at their house on St. Bernard Avenue.

The sisters also provided a home for orphans and taught enslaved persons, although Louisiana law then prohibited educating slaves.

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