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3 unusual facts about Queen of the Waves


Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word

As a result of this tragedy, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word across the world sing Queen of the Waves every year, on September 8, and remember the sisters and the children that died in Galveston that fateful day.

This CD tells the story of the Saint Mary's Orphanage during the 1900 Storm and includes the song Queen of the Waves.

The sisters led the children in singing (in English) the old French hymn, Queen of the Waves.



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