Sister Mary Laura Otterson

Sister Mary Laura Otterson

On a farm home in Billings Bridge on the outskirts of Ottawa, Cecilia Charlotte Otterson was born on May 15, 1898, one of eleven children (two of whom died in infancy) entrusted to George Ottterson and his wife, Mary Anne Collins. Cecilia was blessed with a keen alert...
Sister Mary Veronica Williams

Sister Mary Veronica Williams

Sister Mary Veronica (Mary Marguerite Williams) was born in Quebec City on September 6, 1898, a daughter of J. Benson Williams and Elizabeth Anne Quinn. When Marguerite was just two years old, her only sister, Mary Angela, died and three years later God called her...
Sister Mary Frances Teresa

Sister Mary Frances Teresa

On New Year’s Day, 1980, shortly after 6 a.m., at the Marian Infirmary, Heathfield, Sister Mary Frances Teresa heard and answered the last call of her heavenly Father. How fitting it was that this call should come at the Angelus hour to one who from her earliest years...
Sister Mary Raphael McCann

Sister Mary Raphael McCann

On November 11, 1979 the senior member of the Sisters of providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Kingston, was called to her eternal home. Sister Mary Raphael is the only one of the Community so far to have reached the century mark. Five days before her death she could...
Sister Christine Breeze

Sister Christine Breeze

On September 16, 1905, Mary Christine Breeze was born at Forest Mills, Ontario. She was the daughter of David William Breeze, a miller, and his wife Mary Brennan. She had four brothers and two sisters. Sister Christine did not enter the Sisters of Providence until the...