Meghan Lewallen is the archives technician for the Carondelet Consolidated Archives. She has a degree in history from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and has previously worked for Ancestry. She joined the consolidated archives in July 2022. In her free time, Meghan loves going to St. Louis Cardinals baseball games and spending time with her family.
In the summer of 1996, artists Michael Townsend, Erica Duthie and Debbie Abramson ran an art outreach program that concluded with a multimedia exhibit of music, dance and sculpture held in the courtyard of the Carondelet Motherhouse.
Walking around the beautiful grounds of the Motherhouse in St. Louis, one notices the lovely statues that are all around. I wanted to show what some of the statues once looked like and present a glimpse into history.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are a congregation of Catholic sisters. We, and those who share our charism and mission, are motivated in all things by our profound love of God and our dear neighbors. We seek to build communities and bridge divides between people. Since our first sisters gathered in 1650, our members have been called to “do all things of which women are capable.” The first sisters of our congregation arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in 1836, and we now have additional locations in St. Paul, Albany, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Japan and Peru. Today, we commit to respond boldly to injustice and dare to be prophetic.