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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