Helping The Healing Begin

Oct 24, 1998 | Sisters News

Sister Marilyn Kearns was intensely moved by the letter from the woman who had escaped a life of domestic violence. “Thank you,” the woman wrote to Sister Marilyn and her co-workers at a Montreal shelter for battered women. “Thank you for listening, for caring, for...

We Speak To The Poor By Our Lives

Oct 24, 1998 | Sisters News

BY JAMIE SWIFT The following remembrance of Sister Mary Hamilton appeared in the Toronto Globe and Mail on October 23, 1998. It is reprinted here with permission of the author. In the 1930s, whenever Sister Mary Hamilton managed a few days off from her nursing duties...

Sister Mary Hamilton

Oct 13, 1998 | Obituaries

Spring was late coming in 1909, but Mary Margaret Theresa Hamilton arrived on time, on April 30 to be welcomed by her parents, Elizabeth (Donovan) and Robert, of Elgin. She also lit up the life of her two siblings who preceded her into this world, Gerald and Evelyn....

Sister Florence Goulah

Sep 2, 1998 | Obituaries

Born on a farm in Hastings County on April 30, 1912, Margaret Florence Goulah was the oldest of thirteen children born to the late Mr. and Mrs. John Goulah. They were a poor but happy family. Times were tough, but John and Margaret Goulah always found a way to keep...

Sister Elizabeth Cassidy

Mar 11, 1998 | Obituaries

Born in Stoco, ON, on August 20, 1912, Elizabeth was the eldest child of the late Peter and Catherine (Taylor) Cassidy. She had three brothers, John Thomas, Joseph Leo and James Donald. Donald died in infancy and John died in 1992. Joseph is the only remaining member...