SSND has a long history of ministry in Western New York. On March 19, 1849, Sister Caroline Friess, with another sister and a candidate, founded the congregation’s fourth branch house in America in Buffalo, New York. They were welcomed by Bishop John Timon, first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Buffalo and Redemptorist Rector Benedict Bayer. The sisters began teaching at St. Mary’s School followed by All Saints in 1911, Saint Augustine in 1940, and Saint Mary’s Business School in 1918.
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