The Felicians...

Some of those important people that made up Our Lady Help of Christian Polish Roman Catholic Church were the Felician Nuns that were the cornerstone of the Parochial School Education in the Polish neighborhoods. You hear all kinds of bad stories about Nuns but let me tell you for the most part they were dedicated and sweet educators. Now, you did have some that were pretty tough but then again they needed to be to deal with some of the scrappy student body. I always contended that they gave us some of the best education anytime, anywhere. Now a day’s people complain when there are 30 or 35 students in a classroom. Some of the class sizes the Nuns had to deal with on a regular basis was 60 to 65 students.