Sister Mary Vincent McDonnell

Apr 23, 1927 | Obituaries

Little did the Sisters dream as the joyous notes of the Alleluia rang out on Easter morn, April 17, 1927 that, these were to be soon to be followed by the doleful knell of the “De Profundis”. Mother Vincent attended all the religious services of Holy Week, and with...

Sister Mary Imelda Murphy

Jul 7, 1926 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Imelda known in the world as Lucy Murphy was the daughter of Thomas and Johanna Murphy of the parish of Marysville. She was born Sept. 13, 1869. When she wrote December 1911 asking admission into our Novitiate and enclosing a recommendation from her...

Sister Mary Ignatius McMahon

Apr 20, 1926 | Obituaries

Our dear Lord has His own time and manner of calling labourers into His vineyard. He selects one here, and another a hundred miles distant, a third in a far-off land and so on. How strange it seems at times! The subject of our sketch, Elizabeth McMahon was the first...

Sister Mary Leo Tierney

Dec 3, 1925 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Leo whose name in the world was Elizabeth Tierney was born November 17, 1874. She was the daughter of Michael and Ellen Tierney living in the vicinity of Ottawa, near Easton Springs. Recommended by her Reverend Pastor, she sought for and obtained admission...

Sister Mary Catherine O’Connor

Nov 4, 1925 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Catherine O’Connor, was born Ireland, March 1, 1860. At the age of twenty-five years she entered our Novitiate from Holyoke, Mass. on May 5, 1885. Proving herself very earnest, faithful and generous, she was advanced to the Reception of the Holy Habit...