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      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.

      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.

      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

      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 …

      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 …

      A letter from Rev. Michael Robert Mills to Bp. Rémi Gaulin reporting that the Colonel of the local regiment no longer forces the children of his Catholic soldiers to attend Protestant churches. Fr. Mills will forward the deeds for church lots in London and Beechville. As well, he relates the …

     

      17 Oct 1804 | Date of Birth 19 Aug 1827 | Ordained Priest 17 Dec 1841 | Appointed Bishop of Toronto 08 May 1842 | Consecrated Bishop 26 Jun 1842 | Installed as 1st Ordinary of Toronto 01 Oct 1847 | Date of Death Michael Power was born on October …

      Content of letter is Bishop Power instructing Rev. O'Dwyer on some parochial matters such as: dispensations for mixed marriages, payment for support of clergy, hearing confessions of women in his house and divisions of the diocese.

      Pastoral Letter from Bishop Power to the Brethren, regarding a Plenary Indulgence in the form of Jubilee, as proclaimed by Pope Pius IX.

     

      Item is a letter to the Reverend William McIntosh, informing him that he has received $4772 for the erection of a Catholic Church in or near Caledonia, the site of which Rev. McIntosh is directed to select.

      Item is a letter to the Reverend Mr. R. Mills, instructing him not to go to Brantford anymore and to refrain from corresponding with a certain Doyle family. His interference in their affairs was "improper, irregular, censurable and altogether uncalled for," says the Bishop.

      Item is a letter from Bishop Power to an unidentified French Bishop regarding his proposed trip to Europe to recruit clerics. He goes on to make an account of all the clerics under his authority and what positions they hold. Signed Michael, Eveque de Toronto.

      Letter to Rev. Angus Macdonell, in which the Bishop avails himself of Macdonell's offer of assistance by asking him to bring some questions to the attention of some members of Parliament. The first has to do with a bill before the Legislative Assembly in Upper Canada concerning religious societies. The …

      This Ledger offers a unique glimpse into how St. Paul's functioned as a parish in it's earliest years. Along with the usual things one would expect to find in a ledger, the book also contains information that will be of particular interest to family historians. At one time, it was …

      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 burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …