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Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie

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The Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie is an organisation in North Bay named in the obituary of Irene Constance Morrow.[1]

In Papers and Records (1975)

The Sisters of St. Joseph opened a convent and the first separate school in Port Arthur in autumn 1881.[2] Five sisters came in late August 1881 on the steamer Frances Smith: Mother de Pazzis (superior), Sister Beatrice (music), Sister Monica (administration), and Sister Vincent and Sister Gertrude (classes).[3] By 1886–87 Sister Adelaide and Sister Frances Joseph taught junior classes.[4] The same order took over the school and orphanage at the Fort William Mission from the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.[5]

In Anishinabek News

  • April 2017: Members of the order attended the reconciliation sessions and expressed support for the historical education being provided to the community.[6]
  • August 2017: The organization's motherhouse hosted the landing of the Canadian Canoe Pilgrimage on July 31, 2017. About 200 people attended opening ceremonies and information booths at the motherhouse.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Obituary for Irene Constance Morrow, The Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), 2019-03-06, via Legacy.com. Archived copy on datum.locker.
  2. ↑ Michael J. Donovan, "The Establishment of Roman Catholic Separate Schools in Port Arthur in the 1880's", Papers and Records, vol. III (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1975), pp. 9–10. Archived: datum.locker.
  3. ↑ Michael J. Donovan, "The Establishment of Roman Catholic Separate Schools in Port Arthur in the 1880's", Papers and Records, vol. III (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1975), p. 10. Archived: datum.locker.
  4. ↑ Michael J. Donovan, "The Establishment of Roman Catholic Separate Schools in Port Arthur in the 1880's", Papers and Records, vol. III (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1975), p. 13. Archived: datum.locker.
  5. ↑ Michael J. Donovan, "The Establishment of Roman Catholic Separate Schools in Port Arthur in the 1880's", Papers and Records, vol. III (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1975), p. 9. Archived: datum.locker.
  6. ↑ "North Bay and Nipissing First Nation on the road to reconciliation", Anishinabek News, 8 April 2017 (archived copy; original article).
  7. ↑ "Canadian Canoe Pilgrimage helped by Indigenous paddlers", Anishinabek News, 14 August 2017 (archived copy; original article).
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