Congratulations to Benedictine Military School | Wikimedia Commons
Congratulations to Benedictine Military School | Wikimedia Commons
From January 1, 2023 post.
ESTABLISHED IN 1845, St. Vincent’s Academy (SVA) is the oldest Mercy school in the country. The origin story began when the Bishop of Charleston sent three Sisters of Mercy to Savannah to start a school. “We have been operating continuously for 177 years, serving as an orphanage first, then as a day school,” says SVA President Mary Anne Hogan. Students attend classes in a historic, renovated convent.
TREASURED TRADITION “Our school has so many wonderful traditions that support the ‘Sisterhood’ of SVA,” says Hogan. The Junior Ring Ceremony, a Halloween Assembly, Spirit Day and graduation in the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist are among the favorites. However, there is one life skill Hogan says all SVA students should learn before getting their diplomas. “Parallel parking downtown. We don’t have a parking lot!”
NOTEWORTHY ALUM The great Southern author Flannery O’Connor. Her childhood home is a short walk from the school.
FAMILIAR FACE Science teacher Donna Antonucci has been at SVA for more than 25 years.
Original source can be found here.
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