Sister Mary Francis Borgia Barry

Jul 5, 1975 | Obituaries

Elizabeth Helena Barry was born on a farm in the parish of Morrisburg, Ontario on August 4, 1884, one of nine children of James and Sarah Barry. After graduating from the local high school she attended Ottawa Teachers’ College and taught for a few years in schools...

Sister Mary Germaine Ryan

Jun 28, 1975 | Obituaries

Too few women are granted the privilege of spending seventy-one years in the service of God in religious life. But when Sister Mary Germaine died on June 28, 1975, she had lived three months of her seventy-second year as a Sister of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul....

Sister Mary Eusebia Kennedy

Apr 28, 1975 | Obituaries

Margaret Mary was born at St. Raphael’s West, the cradle of Catholicism in the province of Ontario. Her parents, Allan Kennedy and Christine Macdonell, provided a splendid Catholic home for their ten children – 7 girls and 3 boys – and were rewarded by having...

Sister Mary Idelfonsa McCoy

Jan 26, 1975 | Obituaries

Mary Rosalie was born on a farm in County Mayo, Quebec, on July 12, 1892 – one of a family of seven of Michael McCoy and Sarah Lavell, and baptized five days later in the Church of St. Malachy by Reverend R. McGovern. Of the seven children, four embraced religious...

Sister Mary Stephane Baumann

Oct 8, 1974 | Obituaries

Mary Stephane was born in Russia on October 23, 1908, one of the ten children of John Baumann and Elizabeth Mitlafsky. The Baumann’s immigrated to Canada in 1913 and settled on a farm at Claybank, Saskatchewan, in the vicinity of Moose Jaw. They became acquainted with...