Debris covered charred desks in this photo of a classroom in Our Lady of the Angels School. The Dec.1, 1958, fire at school killed 92 students and three BVM teaching sisters. Remembrance services were held throughout the archdiocese the weekend of Nov. 30 to mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic fire. (Catholic New World file photo)
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVMs) joined survivors, family members and friends for a prayerful commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Our Lady of the Angels School fire on Nov. 29. The services, which began at Mount Carmel Cemetery where three nuns who died are buried, remembered the sisters as well as the 92 children who also perished. The service concluded at the memorial to the fire that is at nearby Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
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