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A historic Baltimore Catholic school<\/a> will name its community center in honor of Bill and Camille Cosby, the biggest donors in the school\u2019s 184-year history and fierce champions of education, the school announced Friday.<\/p>\n

St. Frances Academy, which serves 162 primarily low-income high school students, will host the comedian, his wife and their relatives in a ceremony at the St. Frances Community Center on April 20.<\/p>\n

In addition to giving $2 million to St. Frances in 2005 to support its scholarship<\/a> program, Camille Cosby also has a strong connection to the founders of the Baltimore school, having been educated by the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the oldest order of African-American nuns in the country, for seven years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can still hear their voices when I\u2019m writing something, when I\u2019m giving a speech,\u201d she said in an interview, adding that the sisters were sticklers for grammar. \u201cThey just wanted us to go into the world prepared with knowledge \u2014 knowledge about ourselves and the different disciplines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill Cosby, who was raised Methodist and Baptist and attended public schools, said that the St. Frances center dedication \u201cis my wife\u2019s story.\u201d<\/p>\n

St. Frances was founded by Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, who established the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore more than 180 years ago. Camille Cosby attended the now-closed St. Cyprian Elementary-Middle School in Washington, also founded by the Oblate Sisters.<\/p>\n

St. France\u2019s community center opened 10 years ago, serving as a bridge to the community by offering voter registration, GED classes, after-school programs, and other community services and events. According to the center\u2019s website, its mission is \u201cuniting the school to the community, and the community to the school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Camille Cosby said her experience being educated by the Oblate Sisters was among the most formative of her life. She said she committed the Cosby name to the community center in honor of \u201can extraordinary order of women.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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