Convents in Canada

When the first Felician Sisters arrived from Buffalo in 1937, they lived in a small house on Richmond Street in Toronto. One year later they purchased the Leadlay mansion at 25 Augusta Avenue. In 1964, they relocated to Mississauga on 6.8 acres that allowed room to build a school as well.
Canada Convent 5
This photo is of the first Felician convent and nursery in Canada, located on Richmond Street in West Toronto, Ontario. The sisters only resided at this location for one year, from 1937 to 1938.
Canada Convent 1
The second convent of Felician Sisters in Canada was located on Augusta Avenue in proximity to St. Stanislaus parish. The former Leadlay mansion was purchased in 1937 and was the center of Felician activity in Canada for 15 years. It was repurposed for their St. Felix Centre ministry to operate as a women's shelter.
Canada Convent 3
The Felician Sisters’ chapel in their original convent on Augusta Avenue in Toronto.
Canada Convent 2
The Felician Sisters novitiate was established in this Oshawa, Ontario convent in 1951.

Translated from Polish, on the photo edge reads: The Felician Sisters' estate in Oshawa, Ontario (main entrance to the house).

Canada Convent 4
In 1956, Felician Sisters in Toronto acquired 26 acres of land in the Port-Credit neighborhood of Mississauga and relocated the Holy Name of Mary commissariat there. They dedicated their former convent on Augusta Avenue as a ministry serving people suffering in extreme poverty and homelessness called St. Felix Centre.

Details

  • Date
    1937
  • Type
    Photo Group
  • Content Topic
    Holy Name of Mary Province - Toronto