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...

Sister Mary Leonard Barry

Oct 31, 1976 | Obituaries

Edith Barry was born and brought up on a farm home in the parish of Morrisburg, one of a family of nine, six girls and three boys. Three of the girls embraced religious life as Sisters of Providence – Edith (Sister Mary Leonard), Elizabeth (Sister Mary Borgia) and...

Sister Mary Ethelbert Ward

Apr 26, 1976 | Obituaries

Katherine Ward belonged to an Irish-Canadian family of Montreal. Her parents, Patrick Ward and Elizabeth McGuigan were both born in Ireland, met and married in Montreal and their family of four grew up in that city. Katherine was born on January 24, 1894 and baptized...