January 26, 2018

From the Archives

St. Vincent School of Nursing

In 1881, four Daughters of Charity arrived in Indianapolis at the invitation of Bishop Francis S. Chatard to open a Catholic hospital. They first operated an infirmary that was located on Vermont Street, and then moved to several different locations before building St. Vincent Hospital on West 86th Street in 1974. This photo shows student nurses from the former St. Vincent School of Nursting processing into SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis for their graduation ceremony, sometime in the 1950s or 1960s.

In 1881, four Daughters of Charity arrived in Indianapolis at the invitation of Bishop Francis S. Chatard to open a Catholic hospital. They first operated an infirmary that was located on Vermont Street, and then moved to several different locations before building St. Vincent Hospital on West 86th Street in 1974. This photo shows student nurses from the former St. Vincent School of Nursting processing into SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis for their graduation ceremony, sometime in the 1950s or 1960s.
 

(Would you like to comment on or share information about this photo? Contact archdiocesan archivist Julie Motyka at 800-382-9836, ext. 1538; 317-236-1538; or by e-mail at jmotyka@archindy.org.)

 

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