Our History

Growth & Development of the United States Province
(1930’s – 1960’s)

As the immigrants became part of the fabric of America so did our Sisters. We expanded our involvement into schools, working with boys and girls from pre-school to college and continued to engage in social work and parish ministries. We expanded beyond New York to neighboring states and even across America.

Through the years, 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 and California and 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 had to close some of our own works, including our college, and withdraw from parish commitments. Once again we had to face the demands of adaptation.

Origins of the Union of the Catholic Apostolate
Beginnings of the Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate
Earliest Days of the United States Province
> Growth & Development of the United States Province
Present Day Challenges