The legacy of Catholic health care in Canada is over 400 years strong—older than the country itself. The brave, resourceful congregations of women religious who traversed our country, serving all those in need, laid the foundation for today’s health and social support system. This collection is a comprehensive resource celebrating our history, giving context and light to the legacy we continue to grow today.
A historical resource of over 600 digital history books, booklets and some videos chronicling Catholic hospitals in Canada spanning every province and territory and founded by over 50 congregations of Women Religious and 2 Congregations of Men Religious.
Sisters of Misericorde: Historical Data (38 pages with illustrations) Montreal 1921.
Un Siècle de miséricorde, by Paul-Henri Barabé, o.m.i. Sœur de Miséricorde, Carterville and Édition de l'Université Ottawa (415 pages) 1948
Mount Saint Joseph Hospital: 25th Anniversary of Mount Saint Joseph Hospital and the 50th Anniversary of the Arrival in Vancouver of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (14 pages with illustrations) 1971.
Bastien, Hermas. L' Ordre Hospitalier de Saint-Jean-de-Dieu au Canada. © Copyright Les éditions lumen (Thérien Frères Limitée) Montréal. (211 pages avec illustrations) 1947.
1659-1959 Tricentenary of the Arrival of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph. Jubilee Celebrations of the Third Centenary of the Arrival of the First Three Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph at Ville Marie in 1659 (71 pages with illustrations) 1959.
Ville-Marie - 1659-1959 Tricentenaire de l’arrivée des Religieuses hospitalières de Saint-Joseph. Célébrations jubilaires du troisième centenaire de l’arrivée de trois premières Religieuses hospitalières de Saint-Joseph à Ville-Marie en 1659 (75 pages avec illustrations) 1959
Centenary: The Sisters of Chatham, NB 1869-1969 (88 pages avec illustrations) 1969.
Free to Love ~ Free to Serve a Living Tradition: The Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph (30 pages with illustrations) 1988.
Libres pour aimer et pour servir La tradition vivante Religieuses Hospitalières de Saint-Joseph (30 pages avec illustrations) 1988.
Les Hospitalières de Saint-Jospeh et leur œuvre en Acadie, by Antoine Bernard, C.S.V. (303 pages with illustrations) Les Hospitalières de Saint-Joseph, Montréal et Vallée-Lourdes, N.-B. 1959.
Les Religieuses Hospitalières de Saint Joseph and the Typhus Epidemic, Kingston, 1847-1848. (15 pages) by Nancy McMahon, National Archives of Canada. Canadian Catholic Historical Association (CCHA) Historical Studies, # 58, pp. 41-55 (1991).
Vie de Mlle Mance et historie de l'Hotel-Dieu de Villemarie dans l'Ile de Montréal, en Canada, Tome II. Villemarie, Chez les Sœurs de l'Hotel-Dieu de Villemarie. (354 pages avec illustrations) 1854.
Major est Caritas ~ 90 Years of Service to the Poor: Sisters of Charity Notre Dame d'Évron in Canada 1909-1999. by Jean Pariseau (364 pages with illustrations). Edmonton. © 2001 Jean Pariseau, Used with permission.
Major est Caritas - 90 ans de service aux pauvres : Les Soeures de la Charité de Notre Dame d'Évron au Canada 1909-1999, par Jean Pariseau (322 pages avec illustrations) © 2001 Jean Pariseau. Avec permission
Castonguay, Thérèse (SGM). A Leap of Faith: The Grey Nuns Ministries in Western and Northern Canada. Vol. I: The Grey Nuns in Alberta. (324 pages with illustrations) © 1999 The Grey Nuns of Alberta. 1999. Used with permission.
Castonguay, Thérèse (SGM). Un Saut dans la Foi: Les oeuvres des Sœurs Grises dans l'Ouest et le Nord du Canada. Vol. I, Les Sœurs Grises en Alberta. (226 pages avec illustrations) © Droits d'auteur 2001 par les Soeurs Grises de Montréal. 2001. Avec permission
Castonguay, Thérèse (SGM). A Leap of Faith: The Grey Nuns Ministries in Western and Northern Canada. Vol. 2: The Grey Nuns in Northern Saskatchewan, Mackenzie-Fort Smith Diocese and Zaire. (384 pages with illustrations) © 2001 The Grey Nuns of Alberta. 2001. Used with permission.
Castonguay, Thérèse (SGM). Un Saut dans la Foi: Les oeuvres des Soeurs Grises dans l'Ouest et le Nord du Canada. Vol. II, Les Soeurs Grises dans le Nord de la Saskatchewan, le Diocèse Mackenzie-Fort Smith et le Zaire. (303 pages avec illustrations) © Droits d'auteur 2003 par les Soeurs Grises de Montréal. 2003. Used with permission.
Drouin, Clémentine (SGM), Love Spans the Centuries, 1853-1877 (volume 3): Origin and development of the Institute of The Sister of Charity of Montreal "Grey Nuns." Translated into English by Antoinette Bezaire, S.G.M. (268 pages) © 1990 The Grey Nuns and Meridian Press, Montreal. 1990. Used with permission.
Drouin, Clémentine (SGM), Love Spans the Centuries, 1821-1853 (volume 2): Origin and development of the Institute of The Sister of Charity of Montreal "Grey Nuns." Translated into English by Antoinette Bezaire, S.G.M. (363 pages) © 1988 The Grey Nuns and Meridian Press, Montreal. 1988. Used with permission.
Fauteux, Albina (SGM), Love Spans the Centuries, 1642-1821 (volume 1): Origin and development of the Institute of The Sister of Charity of Montreal "Grey Nuns." Translated into English by Antoinette Bezaire, S.G.M. (444 pages) (Published in 1915 entitled: "Hôpital Général de Montréal") © 1987 The Grey Nuns and Meridian Press, Montreal. 1987. Used with permission.
Mitchell, Estelle. S.G.M., Love Spans the Centuries, 1877-1910 (volume 4): Origin and development of the Institute of The Sister of Charity of Montreal "Grey Nuns." Translated into English by Antoinette Bezaire, S.G.M. (383 pages) © 1991 The Grey Nuns and Meridian Press, Montreal. 1991. Used with permission.
Mitchell, Estelle. S.G.M., Love Spans the Centuries, 1910-1935 (volume 5): The General Hospital of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal "Grey Nuns". Translated into English by Bernadette Bezaire, S.G.M. (318 pages) 2000. Used with permission.
Mitchell, Estelle, s.g.m. En toute dispnsibilité: L'Hôpital Général des Sœurs de la Charité de Montréal, «Sœurs Grises». Tome V : 1910-1935 (262 pages) Éditions Continentales, Montréal. ©1996 Estelle Mitchell, s.g.m.