Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate
{{see also|Congregation of the Holy Ghost (disambiguation){{!}}Congregation of the Holy Ghost}}{{Infobox organization
| name = Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate
| formerly = Sisters of the Holy Ghost
| founder = Mother Margaret Mary Healy Murphy, SHSp
| type = Catholic religious order
| headquarters = San Antonio, Texas
| location_country = United States, Africa
| leader_title = Superior general
| leader_name = Sr Geraldine Klein, SHSp
| affiliations = Catholic Church
| website = https://www.shsp.org/index.html
}}
The Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate (founded as the Sisters of the Holy Ghost) are a Catholic female religious order based in Texas.[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ixs01 SISTERS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MARY IMMACULATE] - The Handbook of Texas Online They are the oldest order of sisters in the state, established in 1893 in San Antonio by Margaret Mary Healy Murphy, who created the group in order to help with her mission of educating African Americans in San Antonio. {{CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07416a.htm|title=Religious Congregations of the Holy Ghost}} The order created the first free, private school for the Black community in that city.{{Cite web|url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhe47|title = Healy-Murphy, Margaret Mary|date = 15 June 2010|accessdate = 5 October 2015|website = Handbook of Texas Online|publisher = Texas State Historical Association|last = Mallory|first = Bernice}}
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External links
- [https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/970566-sisters "Sisters"], a 2018 radio interview from Raidió Teilifís Éireann's Documentary on One program in which sisters Jo and Gabrielle Murray from an Irish family, who travelled to the United States during the 1950s to join the order, are interviewed about their experiences and decision to enter religious life
Category:Catholic female orders and societies
Category:African-American Roman Catholicism
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