It made radio, television, and print news for days: three Mount de Chantal students staged a Black Panther rally at Wheeling High School!
MdeC Project
Welcome to our page on the MdeC Archive Project. Founded in 1848, Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy was a Catholic girls’ school located “high upon a slope majestic” in Wheeling, WV. In 2008, her doors were closed forever. Though efforts to save the Mount’s main building failed in 2011, her spirit remains strong among those who knew and loved her. Her stories are hidden in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Archives and this project serves to share those stories and keep her memory alive.
The Mount Girls & the Black Panther Rally
It made radio, television, and print news for days: three Mount de Chantal students staged a Black Panther rally at Wheeling High School!
Panther Rally & Wheeling
by Christina Fisanick
The best part of working in the archives is the surprising disco...
Why are we doing this anyway? A look back and a look ahead as we dive deeper into the Archives
One of my favorite quotes about this time of year states, “Easter says you can put tru...
Meet Christina!
When Cassie and Vanessa asked me to write for The Wheeling Feeling, I didn’t hesitate for a second. Even though I had no idea what I was getting into, it is hard for me to resist what they had to offer: Wheeling history and woman-powered enterprise.
I’m not Bossy, I’m the Boss. A Day in the Life of the Wheeling Feeling, Part 2: Vanessa
Happy Day -- another week. Every day I start about 5:45am. I make coffee in my French ...
Just what is it You do all day? A Day in the Life of the Wheeling Feeling, Part 1: Cassie
6:15 am – My phone alarm is going off, but my brain isn’t ready for the day yet. It’s s...
Archive Visit 16: From the Class of ’55, “A Future Worthy of the Past”
Last week we took you back in time to the Mount’s very beginnings. This week, we’re fa...
Archive Visit 15: Harp Lessons Cost Extra
What did it cost to attend the Mount in the early days? The very, very early days? The...
Cheers to 14 Blogs: Friendship, Coffee, and a basement full of Memories
This blog began with a proposition that seemed impossible: the chance to explore a base...
Archive Visit 13: Letters of Springtime, Music, and Roller Skates
Many of our readers can tell the story of what it was like to be a Mount student during...
Archive Visit 12: The Letter from the Martyr
A newspaper article. A portion of a letter that looks like it could still be brand new....
Advent Friends, 'Oh, Holy Night', and a Sailor Moon Wand: Your Mount Christmas Memories
If there’s one thing we all universally share about Christmas, it’s our memories. And f...
Archive Visit 10: A Mount grad’s story of War and Pandemic and Candy Canes
Picture if you will a cold, crisp night at an Army encampment at the very end of World ...
Archive Visit 9: The Treasures within Sister Aimee’s Attic
Thanks in no small part to cable television, collectors often get a bad rep. Part of th...
Archive Visit 8: Keep an eye on the Silver & Don’t Worry about Boys. Advice for Turkey Dinner or Advice for life?
Everything you do reflects upon the reputation of the school. Therefore, in placing you girls in complete charge of the Turkey Supper, Mount de Chantal is putting her reputation into your hands – which is the greatest honor and mark of confidence that the Sisters can give you.
Archive Visit 7 –It’s Turkey Dinner Time!
There’s not a Mountie alive who doesn’t salivate at the words “Turkey Dinner”. Whether ...
Archive Visit Number Six: The Intangible Contributions of Extraordinary Women
With the news that Kamala Harris will serve as the next Vice President of the United St...
Archive Visit Number Five: “Make your choice; either be burned alive in the cellar or have yourselves killed in the street.” The Harrowing story of the Monastery of Lafelt
On May 10, 1940, at 4 a.m., our monastery was suddenly bombed. We were able to get into the cellar without meeting any accidents. At 7 a.m. a solider came to show us a bloody bone, saying: “This your Chaplain’s skull,” and then he asked us if any of us had been wounded. Towards 11 a.m., another solder brought us the sacred Ciborium, saying: “You have no longer any Tabernacle.”
