Ellen Mary was born May 3, 1898 in Hope River, Prince Edward Island. After receiving her early education in the district school of Hope River, junior high school training under the Notre Dame Sisters in Rustico, a first class teacher`s license from Prince of Wales College and, some years later, the degree of Bachelor of […]
Read moreAlfred Pampalon was born on November 24, 1867, in Lévis (Quebec), the ninth of twelve children. His father was a builder and contractor, who worked building churches. After attending primary school for two years, Alfred enters the Collège de Lévis, in 1876, where he takes courses in business. Five years later, after an illness, he […]
Read moreDélia Tétreault, founder of the first canadian missionnary institute, was born in Marieville (Quebec) on February 4, 1865, together with a twin brother who dies seven months later. At her mother’s death, when she is two years old, Délia is adopted by her uncle and aunt. She enjoys reading through the stacks of copies of […]
Read moreMother Mary Greene of the Sisters Faithful Companions of Jesus is remembered for her academic excellence as well as for her holistic manner of guiding her students to develop intellectually, morally and spiritually. As a person she seems to have been gifted with courage and great determination. Born in Golden Bridge, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, August […]
Read moreJeanne Le Ber was born on January 4, 1662 in Ville-Marie (Montreal). She is baptized the same day and Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve is her godfather and Jeanne Mance her godmother. At an early age she feels attracted by the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and enjoys silence and prayer. To complete […]
Read moreBorn on December 29, 1832 in Saint-Henri-de-Lévis, a rural village of Quebec, Bernarda Morin-Rouleau enters the novitiate of the order of the formerly called Sisters of Charity of Providence on May 11, 1850, in Montreal. Six months later, on November 21, she receives the habit. On August 22, 1852 she takes her perpetual vows. In […]
Read moreBorn on October 6, 1811, in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, the tenth of a family of eleven children, Eulalie receives her initial education from her mother, a former student of the Ursuline Sisters in Quebec City, and from her grandfather, a former soldier and defender of Fort Carillon. She then attends boarding school with the Sisters of Congrégation […]
Read more“Sister Gerry was a good woman. She treated people nice and she didn’t take no crap from no one.” These bold words spoken by Sheila Sunshine, indigenous street child, capture Gerry’s brief, adventuresome life. Geraldine MacNamara, a Sister of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, was born in 1938, in Toronto, but lived most […]
Read moreBorn on November 2, 1901, at Buckland, Bellechasse, on her family farm, Marie-Claire Dion is the oldest of ten brothers and sisters. Since she was a child, she always had a strong desire to learn. When she turns 16 years old, she enters the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint-Louis, and takes her […]
Read moreYvonne was born in Paris on September 17, 1910. When she was three years old, her family immigrated to the United States and settled in Santa Barbara, California. While there, her parents separated. Later, her father moved to Saskatchewan, where she became acquainted with the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis. Along with her father and […]
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