Sister Mary Timothy O’Sullivan

Aug 28, 1987 | Obituaries

In the early 1900’s John O’Sullivan came with his wife, Ellen (Sullivan) and their ten children from Ireland to Montreal. His mother had been anxious for him to join the rest of the family in Canada. The O’Sullivan’s arrived in summer, but their troop of young ones...

Sister Mary Viola Cobey

Aug 15, 1987 | Obituaries

          “I think the primary aim of our Institute, according to our founder, is works of charity – not so in much giving money, as in giving  ourselves.” Sister Mary Viola Cobey not only wrote these words, she lived by them. Perhaps the most striking example...

Sister Patricia Rashotte

Aug 3, 1987 | Obituaries

“Eternal Beginning, Creative Spirit,Recreate me!You Who have begun me,Complete me.” In the later years of her life, Sister Patricia Rashotte used this intense prayer to plead for God’s help in finishing the work of her sanctification. The invitation to full union with...

Sister Rose Marie Scanlan

Jan 31, 1987 | Obituaries

Rose Marie Catherine Scanlan was born on January 13, 1929, in Belleville and was baptized just one week later at St. Michael’s Church. She was the only daughter of Terence V. Scanlan and Rose Alice Fahey and obviously her father’s favourite. Her brothers recall that...

Sister Mary Carmel Teresa Desjardins

Sep 2, 1986 | Obituaries

On the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1921, Kathleen Cecilia Desjardins entered the Sisters of Charity of the House of Providence. She was only sixteen years of age. About two weeks later she was asked by a relative of another sixteen year old to “look after” the...