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Sr Helen Elizabeth Ingraham

Birth
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
24 Jan 1989 (aged 101)
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Sister Helen Madeleine Ingraham

Born Helen (Ellen) Elizabeth Ingraham, the youngest of 10 children of Henry and Catherine (Kirby) Ingraham.

Elementary education in Framingham Public Schools.
Graduated Notre Dame Academy in Roxbury.
Enter Sisters of Notre Dame in 1905.
Took first vows in July 1908.
Bachelors degree from Trinity College Washington D.C.
Masters degree from Emmanuel College.
Graduate studies at Oxford University, England.
Teacher in secondary schools for 11 years at the Notre Dame Academies in Lowell, Roxbury and Boston, MA.
Wrote a series of books on meditation and several translations of the French spiritual works of Abbe Gaston Courtois.

Founder of Emmanuel College for Women in Boston in 1919.
Served as dean for 31 yrs.
In 1950 joined faculty of College of Notre Dame in Belmont, California.
In 1952 she went to Japan and established a Notre Dame College in Okayama.
In 1953 she returned to Mass. and continued her service to the Sisters of Notre Dame.

Leaves 1 cousin.
Sister Helen Madeleine Ingraham

Born Helen (Ellen) Elizabeth Ingraham, the youngest of 10 children of Henry and Catherine (Kirby) Ingraham.

Elementary education in Framingham Public Schools.
Graduated Notre Dame Academy in Roxbury.
Enter Sisters of Notre Dame in 1905.
Took first vows in July 1908.
Bachelors degree from Trinity College Washington D.C.
Masters degree from Emmanuel College.
Graduate studies at Oxford University, England.
Teacher in secondary schools for 11 years at the Notre Dame Academies in Lowell, Roxbury and Boston, MA.
Wrote a series of books on meditation and several translations of the French spiritual works of Abbe Gaston Courtois.

Founder of Emmanuel College for Women in Boston in 1919.
Served as dean for 31 yrs.
In 1950 joined faculty of College of Notre Dame in Belmont, California.
In 1952 she went to Japan and established a Notre Dame College in Okayama.
In 1953 she returned to Mass. and continued her service to the Sisters of Notre Dame.

Leaves 1 cousin.


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  • Created by: LMR
  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152713687/helen_elizabeth-ingraham: accessed ), memorial page for Sr Helen Elizabeth Ingraham (29 Nov 1887–24 Jan 1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 152713687, citing Notre Dame du Lac Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by LMR (contributor 46926975).