Street Academy was originally formed in 1970 by a partnership between the Albany Chapter of the Urban League and an order of nuns from Kenwood Academy of the Sacred Heart in 1970. Kenwood Academy, a novitate for over 100 years, doesn't exist any more - the school merged with an Episcopalian educational institution, and the grounds on which the original convent sat is now the Doane Stuart School.
Sr. Walsh was involved in many campus activities (at the University of San Diego.). She served as Chair of the English Department and on a number of committees, among them the Faculty Senate, the Rank and Tenure Committee, and she directed the Graduate Program in English. She was also very active in student affairs because of her position as faculty-in-residence on campus. Given her commitment to social justice, Sr.
The Thensted Center was established in 1982 to respond to the needs of the rural poor in St. Landry parish Louisiana. founded in the tiny town of Grand Coteau under the guidance of Sr Margaret Hoffman, RSCJ and named in memory of Fr. Cornelius Thensted, ST, for his outreach to the region's poor that began in 1947, the Thensted Center aims to build up people of all ages and social backgrounds without regard to race or religioun, as they strive for healthier, more fulfilling and self-sufficient lives.