La Salle High School (Miami, Florida)

at , Miami , 33129 United States

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Immaculata-LaSalle High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami and located between Mercy Hospital and Vizcaya on South Bayshore Drive.The school was officially founded as Immaculata Academy, a Roman Catholic college preparatory school for girls, on September 1, 1958. The Sisters of St. Joseph Congregation of St. Augustine FL were the school's founding religious order.History of the schoolImmaculata AcademyOn November 5, 1945, Bishop Joseph P. Hurley of the Diocese of St. Augustine purchased 130 of the original, on the Bayside and, opposite in the pineland of James Deering’s Vizcaya estate, from Deering's heirs.In 1950, Mercy Hospital was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph Congregation of St. Augustine to serve the booming post-World War II population.On August 9, 1958 Sister Mary Damian, SSJ – Immaculata Academy community superior, and Sister Marie de Lourdes Ortagus, SSJ – Immaculata Academy principal, arrived at Mercy Hospital. Immaculata Academy was built adjacent to Mercy Hospital facing the shores of Biscayne Bay.A few days later on August 13, 1958, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Miami was created, including 16 southeastern Florida counties, 51 parishes, 81 priests and 185,000 Catholics. The rest of the counties remained part of the Diocese of St. Augustine. On August 15, Sisters Mary Monica, St. George, and Mary Martha, SSJ arrived at Mercy Hospital, where they shared five rooms within the hospital convent.

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La Salle High School (Miami, Florida) is Miami based place and this enity listed in School category. 33129.