NAZARETH ACADEMY STERLING SILVER MEDALLION METAL ARTS Catholic School Pendant

Description

NAZARETH ACADEMY STERLING SILVER MEDALLION METAL ARTS Catholic School Pendant
Lovely vintage medal from Nazareth Academy in Rochester, NY.
Signed METAL ARTS, STERLING
Measures 1 1/8" across.
8 grams
Shortly after the Civil War, Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid asked the Sisters of Saint Joseph to help establish a system of parochial schools in the newly formed Rochester Diocese. The congregation responded by opening Nazareth Academy in 1871 and Nazareth Hall in 1884, both named for the town where Jesus spent his youth.
The histories of the Nazareth Schools clearly demonstrate the Sisters of Saint Joseph’s unwavering commitment to providing quality Catholic education to all children regardless of faith heritage, ethnicity, or financial circumstances. For nearly 140 years — through times of prosperity and depression, peacetime and world wars — Nazareth has responded to the times.
Nazareth Academy closed in 2010.