Catholic education is important element of St. Genevieve Parish
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Catholic education has been important in Ste. Genevieve. Historical records indicate a school in the village in the 1790s. Soon after, Father James Maxwell, parish pastor, began Ste. Genevieve Academy for boys and young men, incorporated as a school in 1808 by the governor of the Louisiana Territory. According to parish records, the first Christian Brothers in the United States taught there. The school served students for some years, closed and then reopened, closing for good in 1862 because of the Civil War.
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