June 1, 2018
A special dedication of a burial stone was recently held at the St. Rose of Lima Cemetery in Avoca, Minnesota. The stone has the names of the six young women who died 130 years ago at the Academy of St. Rose (Holy Child Academy) there.
Watch the KELO news report from the ceremony here.
The deceased girls were Lucy Walters (d. March 11, 1886), Mary Josephine Bordeaux (d. March 10, 1887), Bertha Tapatinwin (d. February 3, 1889), Mary Xavier Tasunka (d. February 13, 1889), Alma Parient (d. December 28, 1889), and Inez Brugier (d. December 31, 1889).
Below are some photos from the ceremony.
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- Joyce Risacher, Regent of the Minnesota Catholic Daughters of the Americas, who initiated and organized the Dedication Ceremony
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- Sr. Roseanne McDougall, Archivist for the Society’s American Province
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- John Eagle, Dakota Elder
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- JoAnn Biren, Staffwriter for the Murray County News, Minnesota, who publicized this event, with Sr. Jeanne Marie Guerin, SHCJ, one of the American Province Archives volunteers.
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- Susan Bau and Connie McNab, Song Leaders
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- Father Thien Nguyen
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