Sister Mary Leo MacDonnell

Jun 13, 1981 | Obituaries

In the rural community at Dalkeith, Glengarry County, Ontario, one of the outstanding families was that of Alexander MacDonell and his wife, Isabella. Twelve children blessed the home, five boys and seven girls. The eldest girl, Margaret, after completing her...

Sister Mary Bernarda McNamara

Jan 12, 1981 | Obituaries

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

Jan 2, 1981 | Obituaries

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

Dec 30, 1980 | Obituaries

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

Dec 9, 1980 | Obituaries

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...