Sister Mary Bernarda McNamara

Sister Mary Bernarda McNamara

Sister Mary Bernarda died at Marian Infirmary, Heathfield, on January 12, 1981, in the 54th year of her religious life. Agnes McNamara, born on January 24, 1900, the youngest of a family of six, grew up on a farm in the parish of Madoc, Ontario. In recommending Agnes...
Sister Mary Philip Beniti Allen

Sister Mary Philip Beniti Allen

On January 2, 1981, Sister Mary Philip died at the Marian Infirmary, Providence Motherhouse, having almost completed 66 years of religious life. As Kathleen Allen at the age of eighteen she had left her home and family in Prescott, Ontario, to answer the call of Our...
Sister Mary Catherine Dooley

Sister Mary Catherine Dooley

In the correspondence files of Mother Mary Clement, Superior General of the Sisters of Providence in the 1970’s, the following letter appears:  St. Patrick’s Rectory,Quebec city, P.Q.,August 5, 1924 Mother Mary Clement,House of Providence,Kingston, Ontario. Dear...
Sister Mary Bridget Sloan

Sister Mary Bridget Sloan

On December 9, 1980, Sister Mary Bridget died in the hospital at Shawville, Que. Sister had been taken in August by her family for a vacation at the home of her sister, Mrs. Nora Kelly, at Vinton, Que. On September 17, as she was preparing to return to the...
Sister Mary Francesca Kelly

Sister Mary Francesca Kelly

“The Community had lost a great educator”. These words were spoken by Sister Kathleen Garvin, of the Congregation of Notre Dame, Kingston, as she viewed the remains of Sister Mary Francesca at Heathfield on October 5, 1980. Sister Garvin had worked with Sister Mary...