Sister Mary Petronilla Goulah

Sister Mary Petronilla Goulah

On February 18, 1983, God called to her eternal home another of our senior sisters, the second within two months. Sister Mary Lidwina died on August 22nd and now we record the death of Sister Mary Petronilla. Sister was ninety-four years of age and in the...
Sister Mary Lidwina O’Dowd

Sister Mary Lidwina O’Dowd

On August 22, 1983, the feast of the Queenship of Mary, one of Our Lady’s devoted clients surrendered her soul to God. During her sixteen years of retirement at the Marian Infirmary in the Motherhouse, until she was no longer able to leave her room, Sister Mary...
Sister Evelyn Noonan

Sister Evelyn Noonan

The whole Community of Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul suffered a shock on May 5, 1983, when word was received that Sisters Evelyn Noonan had died. But most distressful was the experience of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Edmonton, who found Sister...
Sister Mary Paula Sturgeon

Sister Mary Paula Sturgeon

On March 29, 1983, which was Tuesday of Holy Week, Sister Mary Paula died at Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario. The oldest member of the Community, Sister had observed on December 6, 1982, her ninety-sixth birthday, having a few months earlier, commenced her...
Sister Mercedes Leahy

Sister Mercedes Leahy

The second month of 1983 brought the second death of the year to our Community, the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. Just two weeks after Sister Mary Edna’s death, Sister Mary Mercedes slipped quietly away. Of her sixty-eight years of religious life,...