The French-born bishop planned a day school with a section for boarders whose food could be raised on the land near Concepcion Mission.īishop Odin went to France and visited a number of seminaries and convents, asking for brothers, priests and nuns to help establish schools and churches in Texas. Journal of the Life and Culture of San Antonioįrench Flavoring IV: Healers and Educators - Journal of San Antonio French Flavoring IV: Healers and Educators Recruitment, Travel, and ArrivalĪs early as 1845, Texas Bishop John Mary Odin had spoken of opening a school in the historic Alamo buildings,then owned by the Catholic Church.The Camels are Coming! The Camels are Coming!.Chief Justice William Henry Daingerfield.
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