Father Colton and the First Sisters

ID: 4511 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collection. Carville, LA.

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The four original sisters included: Sister Beatrice Hart, who served as Chief Nurse and Sister Servant; Sr. Cyril Coupe; Sr. Annie Costello; and Sr. Mary Thomas Stokum, who all served as nurses.

This file appears in: The Daughters of Charity: From New Orleans to Carville

The Daughters of Charity: From New Orleans to Carville

By Reagan Laiche

In 1896, the Daughters of Charity boarded a barge on the Mississippi River at Canal Street heading to Carville, Louisiana, about 70 miles upriver from New Orleans. Carville was the new site of the…