Sister Mary Moderwell

Sister Mary Moderwell

Mary Catherine was the second of five children born to William Moderwell and Catherine Casey on January 14, 1919 in Edmonton, Alberta. Four girls and one boy were a happy family in spite of the hardships of the “dirty thirties”. Her brother, Ken, was a pilot in World...

What is Trafficking?

Trafficking in persons means the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and trade of persons, by means of threats, force, abduction, fraud, deception, and abuse of power for the purpose of exploitation. That exploitation may be sexual, forced slave labour, or even...
Sister Isobel Oatway

Sister Isobel Oatway

Isobel Mary Oatway was born on May 6, 1913 to William Oatway and Mary Ellen Corkery in Stanleyville, Ontario. She was the eldest of 7 children. Her family lived in Stanleyville during the war and later moved to Toronto where they remained for a number of years. The...
Sister Margaret Rose Fardella

Sister Margaret Rose Fardella

Margaret Rose was born in Alliston, Ontario on August 26, 1931, the eleventh of twelve children. She received her early education at St. Vincent’s Academy and Notre Dame High School in Kingston. She entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de...
Sister Mary Catherine Doherty

Sister Mary Catherine Doherty

Catherine Doherty was born on October 22, 1914 in Buncrana County, Donegal, Ireland, the fourth child of eight children born to Patrick and Margaret (Porter) Doherty. The family left Ireland in 1925 and settled near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on a 640 acre wheat and...