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Bernalillo, she demonstrated her skills as a good manager. She was also responsible for the girls' school. In Bernalillo, she learned to speak
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of the land the school was built on by negotiating an extension of the loan with the mortgage holders. Against the rules of the Order, she was appointed, rather than
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in 1874. Her mother and father returned to Ireland.
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487:"Mother Praxedes' Deeds Left Imprint on EP Area"
1189:"Lorettos's History a Story of Mother Praxedes"
708:(47): 4–5 – via University of New Mexico.
1328:"El Paso Superior Wins Only Cross in America"
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1167:"Deus providebit: Loretto's Legacy in Texas"
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1463:"3 Named to History Hall of Honor"
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987:. 27 November 1909. p. 13
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1007:"Mother Praxedes Re-Elected"
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955:"Visiting Western Province"
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706:La Cronica de Nuevo Mexico
632:"Nun's Burial in Kentucky"
81:Mother Mary Praxedes Carty
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823:"Mother Praxedes Here"
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