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St. Xavier Mission School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1887–present [2023]
Current Diocese: Great Falls-Billings
Previous Diocese Involved:
Helena, 1887–1904
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Jesuits (West Province), 1887–1921 and 1935–1965*
Capuchin Franciscans (Province of St. Joseph), 1965–present [2023]*
Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union (Western Province), 1887–1921*
Sisters of St. Francis (Oldenburg, IN), 1935–1998*
On a Reservation: Crow Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Cree; Crow
Notes: The boarding school closed when the Ursulines withdrew from the mission in 1921. According to the Official Catholic Directory, the school continued to operate as a day school with lay teachers until the Sisters of St. Francis (Oldenburg, IN) arrived to reopen the boarding school in 1935. The boarding school closed again in 1976. About that same time, it became a private Catholic school and was renamed Pretty Eagle Catholic Academy. Today [2023], the St. Labre Indian School Educational Association consists of the following schools: St. Labre elementary, middle, and high schools in Ashland, Montana; Pretty Eagle Catholic School in St. Xavier, Montana; and St. Charles Mission School in Pryor, Montana.
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