Religious Organizations Established in 1912: Loyola University New Orleans, Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem, Muhammadiyah

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 102. Not illustrated. Chapters: Loyola University New Orleans, Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem, Muhammadiyah, St. Jerome Croatian Catholic Church, St. Wenceslaus in Chicago, St Nicholas of Tolentine, Philadelphia, Central Sikh Temple, Hebrew Congregation of Mountaindale Synagogue, Friends Church, St. John's Episcopal Church (Moultrie, Georgia), Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Beth Israel Congregation (Florence, South Carolina), Kaskaskia Baptist Association, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tianjin, Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi, Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Roman Catholic Diocese of Hajdudorog, Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega, Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas, Ancient Order of Druids in America, St. Clare's Monastery, Community of St. John the Evangelist. Excerpt: Loyola University New Orleans - Loyola College, circa 1904In the early 18th century Jesuits first arrived among the earliest settlers in New Orleans and Louisiana. Loyola University New Orleans was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1904 as Loyola College on a section of the Foucher Plantation bought by the Jesuits in 1886. A young Jesuit, Fr. Albert Biever, was given a nickel for street car fare and told by his Jesuit superiors to travel Uptown on the St. Charles Streetcar and found a university. As with many Jesuit schools, it contained both a college and preparatory academy. The first classes of Loyola College were held in a residence behind Most Holy Name of Jesus Church. Fr. Biever was the first president. The first of Loyola's permanent buildings was undertaken in 1907, with Marquette Hall completed in 1910. In 1911, the Jesuit schools in New Orleans were reorganized. The College of the Immaculate Conception, founded in 1847 in downtown New Orleans, split its high school and college divisions and became s...