Father Colton and the First Sisters

ID: 4511 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collection. Carville, LA.

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The four original sisters included: Sister Beatrice Hart, who served as Chief Nurse and Sister Servant; Sr. Cyril Coupe; Sr. Annie Costello; and Sr. Mary Thomas Stokum, who all served as nurses.

This file appears in: The Daughters of Charity: From New Orleans to Carville

The Daughters of Charity: From New Orleans to Carville

By Reagan Laiche

In 1896, the Daughters of Charity boarded a barge on the Mississippi River at Canal Street heading to Carville, Louisiana, about 70 miles upriver from New Orleans. Carville was the new site of the Louisiana Leper Home, where the Sisters performed…