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1830-1880
1859  SNJMs founded their first distant mission outside Canada. At the invitation of Archbishop F.N. Blanchet, twelve SNJMs arrived in the Pacific Northwest on October 21, after an arduous 7,000 mile sea and land voyage from Quebec to Portland, population 2,900. Future SNJM missions followed this first trip, including Ontario in 1864, New York in 1865, California and Key West in 1868 and Manitoba in 1874.
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1900-1930 1925  In Pierce vs. Society of Sisters, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the 1922 Oregon Compulsory School Law unconstitutional and guaranteed parents the right to decide how and where their children would be educated. read more

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1960-1990
1962  Sister Miriam Theresa, formerly Caroline Gleason, died. In 1912, she worked undercover in Oregon factories, researching working conditions for women. Her extensive investigation provided the basis for the Oregon Minimum Wage Law for Women, adopted in 1913, the first enforceable minimum wage legislation in the country. In 1916, she entered the Sisters of the Holy Names at Marylhurst, convinced that education was the means to change social conditions.  read more

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2000-2010
2007  The Holy Names Heritage Center opened to promote and celebrate the ministries and history of the Sisters of the Holy Names, and to preserve the archives of the U.S.-Ontario Province. Educational programs of the Heritage Center include offerings in family and regional history, social justice and the arts, with outreach programs to schools and the general public.  read more

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