Sister Mary Alda McDonald

Feb 2, 1978 | Obituaries

On February 2, 1978, at Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Sister Mary Alda died in her sixty-second year as a member of our Community, the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. Born on January 18, 1896, at Bath, Ontario, Mary Gertrude was the youngest of a family...

Sister Mary Majella Kerr

Oct 14, 1977 | Obituaries

In the summer of 1921 the novitiate at the House of Providence admitted twelve young ladies, eight from Kingston diocese, one from Toronto, one from Alexandria-Cornwall, and two from Edmonton, Alberta. And rather unusual in the story of a group of candidates, all...

Sister Mary Grace Canning

Jul 27, 1977 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Grace, Elizabeth Rosalia Canning, died at the Marian Infirmary of the Motherhouse, “Heathfield”, on July 27, 1977. She was the last of our Sisters to enter the Novitiate from the diocese of Boston, Massachusetts, where our Community in 1873 established at...

Sister Mary Claude Kearney

May 1, 1977 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Claude (Winnifred Agnes Kearney) was born on Waupoos Island, Prince Edward County, the youngest of a family of ten, of Michael Kearney and Eleanor Casey.  Her primary education was obtained in local schools and the first years of high school at Picton...

Sister Mary Antoinette Kelly

Nov 17, 1976 | Obituaries

Mary Bernadette Kelly was born in Brockville on January 19, 1893 and baptized eleven days later by Rev. J. J. Collins. She was the eldest of a family of four – two daughters and two sons – of William Kelly and Catherine Farrell. As a child she and her...