Catholic Resettlement House
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In 1938, a Redemptorist pastor of St. Patrick's Parish in Toronto contracted the Felician Sisters to take charge of the Catholic Resettlement House Day Nursery. In addition to the care of children, they ministered in the St. Gerard Clinic, and performed office work with immigrants and the unemployed. In 1986, after 48 years of administration, the Felician Sisters ended their service.
In 1938, a Redemptorist pastor of St. Patrick's Parish in Toronto contracted the Felician Sisters to take charge of the Catholic Resettlement House Day Nursery. In addition to the care of children, they ministered in the St. Gerard Clinic, and performed office work with immigrants and the unemployed. In 1986, after 48 years of administration, the Felician Sisters ended their service.
Sister Mary Agnes helps three-year-olds wash up at the Catholic Resettlement House Day Nursery in 1966.
Sister Mary Agnes performing clerical work at the Catholic Resettlement House.
Sister Mary Dolores and Sister Mary Bertrand with a young patient at St. Gerard Clinic in 1954, the same year the clinic closed. Beginning in 1938, Felician Sisters were on call at the clinic as part of their contract with the Catholic Resettlement House.
Sister Mary Georgiana Malinowski meeting with clients of the Catholic Settlement House Day Nursery in 1979. Felician Sisters also performed clerical duties.
Mother Mary Sylvina Perska, commissary superior of the Congregation in Canada, in the kitchen with children at the Catholic Resettlement House Day Nursery in 1944.
Mothers and babies waiting to be helped by Felician Sisters at the Catholic Resettlement Day Nursery.
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