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    This group of images are from the Historical Parish Registers for St. Paul's Basilica, Toronto. They cover baptisms and some marriages for the years 1834-1910. Also included is the Burial Register for St. Paul's Cemetery which covers the years 1847-1849. In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not ...

    It is perhaps unnecessary to state that nurses' work is very serious, sometimes meaning the difference between life and death. From time to time, however, they have had to deal with certain policies that some may find odd. But rules are rules! Dr. O'Reilly at the Toronto General Hospital made ...

    The first graduating class, which was in 1894 after two years of study, consisted of seven students. The number of graduates increased yearly. In 1929, 53 students were honoured at the graduation ceremony

    Cardinal McGuigan was pleased to help Miss Mitchell and provided her with a directory that included contact information for clergy in all districts. One reason the Cardinal may have been so accommodating is due to personal experience. In his introduction of Cardinal McGuigan at the 1946 Congress of the Catholic ...

    Jean A. Mitchell, Director of Special Registration District 5 of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, wrote to then-Archbishop McGuigan asking his permission to send a letter to clergy in the district requesting that all graduate nurses register with the Provincial Civilian Defense Committee in case their services are needed ...

    The Sisters of St. Joseph founded St. Michael's Hospital in 1892. Until 1974, when nursing programs began to be offered at community colleges, students were trained at the hospital's Training School for Nurses. Students attended classes and lectures regularly.

    These documents highlight a group of strong, caring, and dedicated women: Nurses. As the large majority of our records are about cardinals, archbishops, and priests, there is, unfortunately, a dearth of material about women in our collections. That being said, these men had sisters, mothers, aunts, cousins, and friends, some ...

    Margaret C. Macdonald was a Canadian nurse who, during her thirty-year career, served in the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. When war was declared in 1914, Macdonald was appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC) and became the first woman promoted to the ...

    The Archives is fortunate to have a copy of Macdonald's speech, "Echoes of the Great War," from the luncheon, including hand-written corrections. This is the first page, where she began to describe her experience with nurses during World War 1.

   

    The images in this group include baptisms and marriages from the historical parish registers for Ste. Croix Parish, Lafontaine for the years 1856-1910 The Sainte-Croix Church was born of humble beginnings and community needs in the early 1850`s. Parishioners in the village of Sainte-Croix, later known as Lafontaine, had to ...

    These images are of Baptisms performed in the Parish of St. Ann's, Penetanguishene, between the years 1867-1882. In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and ...

    The images from this register are a combination of Baptisms and Confirmations performed between the years 1883-1900 in St. Ann's Parish, Penetanguishene. In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other ...

    The images in this group are from the Historical Parish Registers of Sainte-Croix Parish, Tiny. The Sainte-Croix Church was born of humble beginnings and community needs in the early 1850's. Parishioners in the village of Sainte-Croix, later known as Lafontaine, had to travel to Penetanguishene to fulfill their spiritual needs. ...

    The images in this group are from the Historical Parish Registers for St. Margaret's Parish, Midland In 1881, land was donated for the building of the first wooden church and in 1883 Midland became a separate parish. Father John Lynett was the first resident pastor. In 1912, a cornerstone was ...

    The first St. Andrew's church was built in 1884 when Fr. Michael Davis began work on the rectory. In 1913, the parish hall and sheds were erected. In 1920 plans were begun for the demolition of the old church and the construction of a new one. The cornerstone for the ...

    First established in 1855 under Bishop Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel, P.S.S., Uptergrove is the oldest parish in the northern part of the Archdiocese of Toronto. The first church to occupy the site was a frame church built by Father John Synnott in 1856. It was located where the vault in the ...