HomeMy WebLinkAboutSummary FormDate: 7/10/14
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM
14-00714
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Requesting Department: Public Works
Commission Meeting Date: 9/11/14 District Impacted: 3
Type: a Resolution n Ordinance n Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item
❑ Other
Law Department
Matter ID No.
Subject: A Resolution of the Miami City Commission, with attachment (s), codesignating Southwest 4th
Avenue from Southwest 4th Street to Southwest 5th Street, Miami, Florida, as "Sister Margarita Otero
R.S.C.J. Way;" further directing the City Clerk to transmit a copy of this resolution to the herein
designated offices.
Purpose of Item:
A Resolution authorizing the codesignation of Southwest 4th Avenue from Southwest 4th Street to
Southwest 5th Street as "Sister Margarita Otero R.S.C.J. Way"
Background Information:
Biography Attached.
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Sister Margarita Miranda Otero R.S.C.J. Biography
Mother Margarita Miranda Otero was born in Havana, Cuba in 1911. At the age of 21 she joined the
Society of the Sacred Heart. She was the principal of the Sacred Heart School in Santiago de Cuba
and later in. El Cerro, Havana. When Castro took hold of power he impounded all the catholic
schools in Cuba and she was force to exile.
Upon arrival in Miami, Mother Miranda resided and taught at The Carrolton School of the Sacred
Heart in Coconut Grove. Sister Miranda was soon concerned about the situation of the children
wandering the streets after school finished, while their parents were at work. She, along with a group
of volunteers comprised of her former students from Cuba, began donating their time and talents to
the Little Havana community surrounding Fourth Avenue and Fourth Street.
Each afternoon, Miranda Otero and her volunteers gathered in the shade of a tree outside the Ada
Merritt School (660 SW 3rd St.) to stimulate and care for neighbored children who would otherwise
go home alone. With a few bats and balls, some books and a tad of patience and creativity, Miranda
Otero's informal "after -school program" quickly expanded to classrooms within the Ada Merritt
School, where along with English and religion, cultural activities including music, art and dance were
taught. Soon enough, with a formal name in homage to the Virgin Mary (Mater Admirabilis)
patroness of the religious of the Sacred Heart, Centro Mater was born.
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