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 New Brunswick Missions
On January 21, 1864, Sister Alexis Mooney, with two companions, established our first mission in New Brunswick. With much difficulty they made the five-day trip by train and sleigh across snowy terrain to Bathurst. In August of the same year three Sisters went to Newcastle to open Saint Mary's Academy. These first missions in New Brunswick were short-lived because of language difficulties. In 1890, Sisters returned to New Brunswick where they established two Convents in Bathurst. Shown here is the first Holy Family Convent.
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 McNab's Island
In 1866, a large passenger boat called the "England" came into port on its way to New York. On board were victims of cholera. Of 1300 passengers, 300 were dead and many others were ill. Help was needed to nurse the sick and to take care of the orphaned children. In the background of the painting we see the boat anchored off McNab's Island where the victims were quarantined. All of the Sisters of Charity responded to the call for help on McNab's Island. Only two Sisters were initially chosen, others followed. Not a single Sister who ministered to the needs of the people on McNab's Island contracted cholera. McNab's Island Story (in detail) |
 Massachusetts
The seven sisters pictured here, answered a request from Reverend Joseph Gallagher of Saint Patrick Church, Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1887, the Sisters began teaching at Saint Patrick School. This mission was so successful, that another school began five years later in Wellesley Hills where we established the Academy of the Assumption. Today many of the schools opened by the Sisters of Charity are still providing quality education, including Saint Patrick's. History of Massachusetts Ministries
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 Bermuda
In 1890, Archbishop O'Brien asked for four members of the community to teach and provide religious instruction in Bermuda. Mother Mary Cleophas Connors and three Sisters set sail for Bermuda. Despite many hardships, such as adapting to the tropical climate, the Sisters successfully established Mount Saint Agnes Academy. In 1974 ownership was transferred to the Diocese of Bermuda. Today Sisters continue to teach and do parish work in Bermuda.
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 British Columbia
In 1923, Sisters Maria Bernard Baker, Mary Rose McVarish, Mary Sylvanus Wallace and Regina Carmel Mantin established our work on the West Coast. Shown here are the four Sisters who established Saint Helen Convent in Burnaby, British Columbia. This was the first of many missions in this beautiful province. |
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