Education in San Patricio

Not all markers are sponsored by government entities or historical associations.  Sponsored by a chapter of The Order of Alhambra, a Catholic charitable organization, this marker tells about early education and church activities in the area.   Erected in 1976 and located on Magnolia in San Patricio, to the left of the marker is Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church and to the right, a cemetery.

Text of the marker:  Education in San Patricio began in 1830 on this site in the picket cabin of Catherine Hoy.  In 1876 Saint Joseph's Convent was erected here.  The Sisters of Mercy, having left Indianola after the Hurricane of 1875, came to run the Mother House and school in San Patricio.  It closed in 1884.  The three story building was razed in 1897 and the lumber was used to build the first Catholic Church in Sinton.  The nuns were Mother Camillus Lucas, Sister Joseph Dunn, Sister Stanislaus Brodrick and six postulants.  Erected July 1976 by Order of The Alhambra Baza Caravan No. 78, Corpus Christi, Texas

Location
N 27 57' 15.645"
W 097 46'13.169"

San Patricio, San Patricio County, Texas

Erected 1976