▁began ▁a ▁girls ' ▁school . ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 1 , ▁she ▁and ▁three ▁other ▁women ▁who ▁had ▁joined ▁the ▁Third ▁Order ▁of ▁St . ▁Francis , ▁decided ▁to ▁live ▁together ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁they ▁opened ▁a ▁school , ▁which ▁they ▁named ▁Miss ▁Clar ke ' s ▁Sem inary . ▁Before ▁the ▁school ▁even ▁fully ▁got ▁off ▁the ▁ground , ▁the ▁women ▁heard ▁of ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁teachers ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁from ▁a ▁mission ary ▁priest ▁who ▁had ▁observed ▁their ▁school ▁on ▁Anne ▁Street . ▁The ▁five ▁women , ▁Clar ke , ▁Catherine ▁By r ne , ▁El iza ▁Kelly , ▁Margaret ▁Mann , ▁and ▁Rose ▁O ' To ole ▁decided ▁to ▁em igr ate ▁to ▁Philadelphia ▁to ▁teach ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁Irish ▁imm igr ants . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 8 3 3 , ▁the ▁women ▁tra ve led ▁from ▁Dublin ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁and ▁then ▁on ▁to ▁Philadelphia , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁Because ▁of ▁an ▁accident , ▁they ▁lost ▁their ▁money ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁depend ▁on ▁a ▁stranger ▁to ▁help ▁with ▁their ▁passage ▁and ▁Father ▁Ter ence ▁Don ag ho e , ▁to ▁help ▁them ▁rent ▁space ▁once ▁they ▁arrived ▁in ▁Pennsylvania . ▁The ▁women ▁took ▁up ▁piece work ▁at ▁a ▁gar ment ▁factory ▁to ▁pay ▁their ▁b ills ▁and ▁allow ▁them ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁school . ▁On ▁ 1 ▁November ▁ 1 8 3 3 , ▁Clar ke ▁founded ▁the ▁Sister s ▁of ▁Char ity ▁of ▁the ▁B less ed ▁Virgin ▁Mary ▁with ▁her