Marty Mission
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MARTIN MARTY 1834-1896 First Abbot of St. Meinrad Arch abbey. First Bishop of the Dakota Territory began to visit the Indians in this territory in 1877. He established the first Indian Mission called St. Ann’s Mission at Wheeler, about 30 miles N.W. of here in 1878. The same year South Dakota was created a State – 1889, he was made the first Bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D. REV.
SYLVESTER EISENMAN 1892-1948 With the help of many friends built St. Paul’s Mission, Marty, and with the aid of 3 Blessed Sacrament Sisters he opened it as a School for Indian Education in 1924. In 1935 he established here the Convent for the Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. He laid down his burden on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross September 14, 1948.
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