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St. Mary's Academy, 1859

Graduation Class, 1908

 HERITAGE CENTER AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC

Due in great part to the generosity of numerous individuals and grantors such as The M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust and The Dwyer Charitable Trust, this wonderful resource for education and research is open for public use.

In every city where the Sisters found themselves, they kept a Chronicle of the lives and times of the places and people of the region. The Holy Names Heritage Center, located on the Sisters' Marylhurst, Oregon land, opened to the public June 23, 2007.  It houses these valuable personal accounts of the ordinary and extraordinary events of Northwest history.  The Center will be a resource for the conversation and retelling of the significant stories, historical development as well social impact of the Holy Names Sisters in Pacific Northwest communities since their arrival more than 146 years ago. In 2009, the Sisters of the Holy Names will celebrate their 150-year anniversary with the state of Oregon.  The Sesquicentennial will allow the Sisters to showcase Northwest history from a fascinating eye-witness perspective.

The Family History Project of the Holy Names Heritage Center is a unique and vitally important resource for our times.  It provides an innovative look at Northwest cultures through the lens of the families that helped to shape them.  By gathering and preserving the family histories of a large variety of individuals who have had contact with the Sisters of the Holy Names since their arrival in Oregon in 1859, we can develop the Family History Databank. The Databank will be the source for scholarly research on the power of the family to prepare future generations for service, commitment and personal responsibility.  As an organization dedicated to education, it is a natural fit for The Sisters of the Holy Names to offer this resource in answer to pressing cultural questions centered around the constellation of family: What holds it together? What gives it shape? Why was/is this significant for the Northwest, its past and its future?
We invite your participation in strengthening our communities by sharing your own family history for this exciting new project. 

 If you are nterested in including your own Family History in the Family History Project, or for any other questions,  e-mail acarr@snjmuson.org.