Sister Mary Edgar McCulloch

Jul 7, 2008 | Obituaries

Agnes Isabella McCulloch was born in Whitewater, Manitoba, on October 14, 1908. She was the 6th of 8 children born to Edgar McCulloch and Alice Aindow. Her parents had emigrated from England around 1902. There was no school in Whitewater so she did not attend school...

Sister Frances Piasecki

Jun 4, 2008 | Obituaries

Frances Piasecki was born in Hamilton, Ontario on March 30, 1926, the eldest of six children. When Frances was very young her family went to Winnipeg in search of work. But when that failed they returned to Hamilton. Frances began working in a cotton mill when she was...

Sowing a Seed in Peru

May 20, 2008 | Associates News

BY SISTER JEAN HIGGINS .. unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain but if it dies it yields a rich harvest- St.John 12:24 I went to Peru in 1986 and started working with several Youth Groups. I had also worked with the youth...

Sister Mary Marcia Goodwin

May 17, 2008 | Obituaries

Mary Irene Angela Goodwin was born in Toronto on May 12th, 1914 to Augustus Goodwin and Anastasia Riordan. When she was two years old, her mother died and a few months later her younger sister died of whooping cough. Her father was in a dilemma as to what to do with a...

Sister Mary John Downy

Dec 2, 2007 | Obituaries

Alice Ann Downey was born on September 19, 1916 in Bainsville, Ontario, the sixth of 11 children born to John Joseph Downey and Mary Catherine Cameron. She grew up in a loving family where she experienced, as expressed in her own words, “God’s unconditional love from...