SAPL : September 14 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

14 September 2021

1851
The Catholic Ursuline Order of nuns opens the first school for girls in San Antonio.

1866
The cornerstone for the Ursuline Convent Dormitory was laid and blessed.

1987
Fifty students from Holy Cross spend the day cleaning up the trash and debris left over from the 300,000 pilgrims who attended the Papal Mass in Westover Hills yesterday. Darrell Wolff, of Waste Management of San Antonio, remarked that the location was cleaner than he thought it would be and estimated cleanup to take two days.

This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.