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      Lamp and bell used to signify that the Blessed Sacrament was being carried from the Church to the home of the sick for Viaticum. (Specifically for outdoor use hence the hurricane glass). c. 1920.

      Ornate brass crozier made of four assembled parts.

      Thurible, silver, C 1880's

      Boat with spoon, silver; (boat-shaped vessel which holds incense before it is put into a thurible. c 1880's.

      This group of images are from the Historical Parish Registers for St. Paul's Basilica, Toronto. They cover baptisms and some marriages for the years 1834-1910. Also included is the Burial Register for St. Paul's Cemetery which covers the years 1847-1849. In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not ...

      These documents highlight a group of strong, caring, and dedicated women: Nurses. As the large majority of our records are about cardinals, archbishops, and priests, there is, unfortunately, a dearth of material about women in our collections. That being said, these men had sisters, mothers, aunts, cousins, and friends, some ...

      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 ...