As the immigrants became part of the fabric of America so did our Sisters. We expanded our involvement into the schools,
working with young boys as well as girls from pre-school to college and continued to engage in social work and parish ministries.
We expanded beyond the boundaries of New York to neighboring states and even across the continent.
Through the years there were new challenges and adaptations. As the waves of new immigrants
diminished and the children of Europeans were mainstreamed into the culture of America, our
second generation of Sisters took up the task of running parish schools. Major adaptations in our
program of formation readied Sisters for new apostolates. Pallottine flexibility characterized us
once more.
We opened new houses and works in New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, California. Where once we had settlement house to aid new immigrants we staffed parochial schools, often in areas where Italian immigrants had settled. Education came to dominate our work and we
opened a teacher training institute to educate our own Sisters and those of other
communities. In time, this came to be a junior college for young men and women.
But the 1960's saw many changes both in society and in the Church. We have had to close some of our own works, including our college, and to withdraw from parish commitments. Once again we had to face the demands of adaptation.
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