Celebrating Catholic Health Care in Canada
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.
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Hospice Notre-Dame des sept douleurs, La Prairie, 1846-1946
Hospice Notre-Dame des sept douleurs, La Prairie, 1846-1946, Supplément au Petit Journal de la Providence. Sans lieu: [1946?], in-8 illustré de planches hors-texte, 102 pages. Couverture imprimée, titrée : Souvenir d’un centenaire. :: Texte en français, pages 1-55; et en anglais pages 57-102 avec page titre distincte. 1946
Quebec City_L’Hôpital St-François d’Assise: souvenirs personnels et petite histoire, 1914-1954
L’Hôpital St-François d’Assise: souvenirs personnels et petite histoire, 1914-1954. par Roland Cauchon. (172 pages with illustrations) 1980.
Album-souvenir de l’Hôpital St. Joseph de Sudbury, 1898-1940
Album-souvenir de l’Hôpital St. Joseph de Sudbury, 1898-1940. Souvenir book. (54 pages) 1940.
Sisters of Charity of Halifax: 1849-1949
Sisters of Charity of Halifax: 1849-1949 (128 pages with illustrations) 1949.
The Mattawa Health Hub: A Vision of Community Care Becomes a Reality
The Mattawa Health Hub: A Vision of Community Care Becomes a Reality. The History of Mattawa Hospital and Algonquin Nursing Home Mattawa, Ontario. by Greg J. Humbert (Foundations # 10) 70 pages with illustrations. November 2021.
Caritas: The 1965 Yearbook for the Ottawa General Hospital School of Nursing.
Caritas: The 1965 Yearbook for the Ottawa General Hospital School of Nursing. (53 pages with illustrations) 1965.
The 1966 Yearbook for the Ottawa General Hospital School of Nursing.
Cum Manibus et Corde: The 1966 Yearbook for the Ottawa General Hospital School of Nursing. (72 pages with illustrations) 1966.
Une Histoire de santé, 1913-1988: recueil historique. Lachine, Québec
Une Histoire de santé, 1913-1988: recueil historique. Lachine, Québec. par Catherine Boutin et Chantal Gauthier. (79 pages avec illustrations). Published by the Centre hospitalier de Lachine. 1988.
Heureux de se souvenir : Hôpital d’amqui
Heureux de se souvenir : Hôpital d’amqui: 20 decembre 1962, 20 decembre 1987, by Pierrette Couturier and Marc Bastien. Amqui: Hôpital d’Amqui (125 pages avec illustrations) 1987.
De l’Asile Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre au Centre d’accueil Pierre-Joseph-Triest 1884-1984
De l’Asile Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre au Centre d’accueil Pierre-Joseph-Triest 1884-1984. by René Desrosiers. Montréal: Editions des Frères de la Charité, (78 pages with illustrations) 1984. The history of the Asylum Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre in Longue-Pointe published on the occasion of its conversion to the CHSLD Pierre-Joseph-Triest in 1984. It was in this hospital that Emile Nelligan was confined from 1899 to 1926. Droits d’auteur introuvables.
Québec City_Hôpital de l’Enfant-Je´sus, 1923-1998
Soixante-quinze ans de compe´tence et de dévouement au service des malades: Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, 1923-1998. Québec: Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Que´bec, (73 pages with illustrations) 1998.
The Sisters of St. Martha and Prince Edward Island Social Institutions, 1916-1982
The Sisters of St. Martha and Prince Edward Island Social Institutions, 1916-1982, by Heidi MacDonald, Thesis (Ph.D.) University of New Brunswick. Two volumes, (522 pages) © Heidi MacDonald 2000. Copyright permission sought but not found.
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Rossland, British Columbia: 1896 - 1969
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Rossland, British Columbia: 1896 - 1969 ~ Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace (14 pages with illustrations) 1969.
St. Elizabeth Hospital. Farnham, Quebec
Article “St. Elizabeth Hospital: Farnham, Quebec” in the Third Report of the Missisquoi County Historical Report (pages 87-89 with one illustration) 1908.
St. Bernard’s Convalescent Hospital, Toronto
St. Bernard’s Convalescent Hospital, Toronto: Reason for Being (26 pages) March 1996.
Seven Decades of Caring: To Those Who Care Past, Present, Future
Seven Decades of Caring: To Those Who Care Past, Present, Future, by Jeannette L. Bouchard. Laurentian University Press, Sudbury 1984. Bilingual. This book is a history of St. Elizabeth School of Nursing, 1911-1969, the Marymount School of Nursing, 1951-1969, the Sudbury Regional School (of Nursing), 1969-1972, and the Schools of Nursing at both Laurentian University, 1967- and Cambrian College, 1973.) French and English, French title is “Sept décennies de soins : au personnel soignant d’hier, d’aujourd’hui, de demain”. Used with permission.
Toronto - St. Mary’s Infants’ Home and Rosalie Hall
Choosing the Life Within: 75 years of caring for single mothers and their babies. An informal history of St. Mary’s Infants’ Home (1914-1956) and Rosalie Hall (1956-1989). Scarborough, Rosalie Hall, 1989. © Misericordia Sisters of Ontario. Permission sought but not found
The Affect of Affiliation on Mission in Canadian Denominational Hospitals
The Affect of Affiliation on Mission in Canadian Denominational Hospitals. by Don McDermott. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Masters of Arts in Management, The College of St. Scholastica. (59 pages) 1996. Used with permission from the author.
Rossland - The History of Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Rossland, BC 1896–1969
The History of Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Rossland, BC 1896–1969. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. by Greg J. Humbert. Foundations Number 11 (13 pages with illustrations) 2022.
The History of Sacred Heart Hospital, Greenwood BC, 1901-1918
The History of Sacred Heart Hospital, Greenwood BC, 1901-1918. by Greg J. Humbert. Foundations Number 12 (5 pages with illustrations) 2022.
St. Bernard Convalescent Hospital, Toronto, Ontario 1954 – 1991
St. Bernard Convalescent Hospital, Toronto, Ontario 1954 – 1991: Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood (CPS), by Greg J. Humbert. Foundations Online Journal, # 13. (5 pages with illustrations) October 2022.
The Sisters of Service: “I have come to serve” From 1922 to the Present
The Sisters of Service: “I have come to serve” From 1922 to the present, by M.C. Havey (401 pages with illustrations), © Sisters of Service of Canada 2022. Used with permission. Contains Chapter 7, "District Nursing and the Alberta Hospitals" that gives a history of Our Lady’s Hospital in Vilna, Alberta and St. John’s Hospital in Edson Alberta.