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Mount St. Mary Academy (Little Rock, Arkansas)
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Private school
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, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school
High school
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in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
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. It is an all-female institution, and has an all-male brother school, Catholic High School for Boys
Catholic High School for Boys (Little Rock)
Catholic High School for Boys is a private Catholic high school located in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. It is an all-male institution, and has an all-female sister school, Mount St...
. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock is a Roman Catholic diocese in Arkansas. It was founded on November 28, 1843.-History:A dozen Catholic priests accompanied Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto down the Mississippi River in 1541 to a Quapaw Indian village near present-day Helena-West Helena,...
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Mount St. Mary Academy was founded by the Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
in 1851 at Seventh and Louisiana Streets in downtown Little Rock. The school moved to the present Hillcrest location in 1908 after outgrowing her Louisiana Street location. The 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) site was purchased with funds from the sale of the downtown property and contributions from local residents and landowners.