History
The following is a listing of the Catholic Women Religious Congregations who have served in the province of Manitoba, including their establishment date in the province and whether they are still servicing our communities today.
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NAME OF CONGREGATION
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DATE OF ARRIVAL IN MANITOBA |
PRESENT IN 2014 |
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1844 |
Yes |
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1874 |
Yes |
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Sisters of the Savior |
1895 |
Yes |
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Franciscaines Missionnaires de Marie (f.m.m.) |
1897 |
Yes |
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Misericordia Sisters |
1898 |
Non |
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Sœurs Saint-Joseph de Saint-Hyacinthe (s.j.s.h.) Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Hyacinthe |
1901 |
No |
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School Sisters of Notre Dame |
1902 |
Yes |
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Sisters of Providence |
1903 |
No |
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Sisters of the Cross |
1904 |
Yes |
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Missionary Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart and Mary Immaculate |
1904 |
Yes |
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Servantes de l’Immaculée Conception |
1905 |
No |
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Sisters Servant of Mary Immaculate |
1905 |
Yes |
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Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions |
1898 |
Yes |
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Sœurs Dominicaines de l’Enfant Jésus |
1910 |
No |
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Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd |
1911 |
Oui |
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Religieuses Carmélites |
1911 |
No |
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Sisters of the Good Shepherd |
1911 |
Yes |
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Little Sisters of the Holy Family |
1912 |
No |
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Benedictine Sisters |
1903 |
Yes |
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Sœurs de la Charité (Sœurs Grises) St. Hyacinthe |
1912 |
Yes |
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Sœurs Ursulines de Tildonck (Malines) |
1914 |
Yes |
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Congregation of Our Lady of Sion |
1914 |
Yes |
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Sisters of the Presentation of Mary |
1918 |
No |
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Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood (R.P.B.) |
1918 |
No |
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1919 |
Yes |
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Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul |
1923 |
No |
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Sisters of Service |
1924 |
No |
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Petites Missionnaires de St. Joseph d’Otterburne |
1925 |
Yes |
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Sisters of Charity of Halifax |
1929 |
No |
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Felician Sisters of Buffalo |
1935 |
No |
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Religieuses du Sacré Cœur de Jésus |
1935 |
No |
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Sœurs de Sainte-Marthe de Saint-Hyacinthe (S.M.S.H.) |
1935 |
No |
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Sisters of Our Lady of the Cross |
1936 |
No |
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Sœurs de la Charité de l’Immaculée Conception |
1938 |
No |
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Servantes de Marie (ND du St Rosaire) |
1938 |
No |
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Sœurs de Saint-Joseph (Bourg) |
1941 |
No |
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Oblates Missionnaires de Marie-Immaculée |
1962 |
No |
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Sisters of Holy Cross |
1970 |
Yes |
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Faithful Companions of Jesus |
1983 |
No |
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Missionnairies of Charity (Mother Theresa) |
1984 |
Yes |
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Sisters of the Child Jesus |
1986 |
Yes |
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Sisters of Mission Service |
1996 |
Yes |
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Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus (H.H.C.J.) |
2006 |
Yes |
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Filles de la Sagesse (f.d.I.s.) |
2005 |
Yes |
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Missionary Apostles of Christ in the Eucharist |
TBD |
Yes |
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Sœurs de Charité de la Providence (Kingston) |
TBD |
No |
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Ursuline Sisters of Prelate |
TBD |
No |
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Pallotine Sisters of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate |
TBD |
No |
Did you know?
Grey Nuns of Montreal
That the Grey Nuns arrived in Manitoba on the banks of the Red River in St. Boniface by canoe on June 21st, 1844?
Did you also know that Sister Lagrave who was one of the four original Sisters had broken her leg in Thunder Bay, and two men of our First Nations cared for her the entire way to ensure she arrived safely in St. Boniface?
Sisters of the Holy Name Sisters of Jesus & Mary
That in 1874 Archbishop Tache recruited the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, a teaching congregation from Quebec, to work in education in the diocese. On August 22, 1874, four Sisters of the Holy Names arrived from Montreal to assume responsibility for St. Mary’s Academy from the Grey Nuns who had established the school in 1869. The SNJM have assumed this responsibility up until today.
Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto
In 1923 the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto opened a hospital for the new Canadians settling in the northern part of Winnipeg. The hospital was located at the corner of Salter Street and Pritchard Avenue. On October 7, 1923 a school of nursing was opened in the hospital and four young women eagerly began training to become registered nurses.
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
In April 1911, five Sisters of the Good Shepherd came from Montreal to Winnipeg. Marymound was established in its present location on the west bank of the Red River in North Kildonan that fall.
Soeurs du Sauveur
They originally derived from the Institut des Chanoinesses des Cinq Plaies, and were the first sisters from France to establish themselves in Manitoba.
