Felician Sisters Day Nursery
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Felician Sister’s Day Nursery opened with two children; by the end of that week, 22 were enrolled, so great was the need. Buffalo's superior Mother Mary Scholastica Rutkowski bought the old house on Barton Street in Hamilton, Ontario and renovated it for use as a nursery. But people who were poor could not afford to send their children to the nursery. The sisters learned they qualified for a government grant for children whose mothers worked in war plants. People sent donations to keep the nursery going. When economic conditions improved in the 1960s, the sisters officially closed the nursery on June 3, 1966, and sold the property.
Felician Sister’s Day Nursery opened with two children; by the end of that week, 22 were enrolled, so great was the need. Buffalo's superior Mother Mary Scholastica Rutkowski bought the old house on Barton Street in Hamilton, Ontario and renovated it for use as a nursery. But people who were poor could not afford to send their children to the nursery. The sisters learned they qualified for a government grant for children whose mothers worked in war plants. People sent donations to keep the nursery going. When economic conditions improved in the 1960s, the sisters officially closed the nursery on June 3, 1966, and sold the property.
The Felician Sisters’ Day Nursery (left) and their convent on Barton Street in Hamilton, Ontario.
Sisters provide a warm lunch to children enrolled in the Felician Sisters’ Day Nursery. Local people learned that the Felician Sisters opened the nursery on their own initiative and were so grateful, they often donated toys and fresh produce.
Children have lunch in the Felician Sisters’ Day Nursery dining room in 1946.
A group photo taken during a birthday party celebration at the Felician Sisters’ Day Nursery in 1959.
Children in the Felician Sisters Day Nursery pose for a photo with Felician Sisters.
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Date1942 - 1966
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TypePhoto Group
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Content TopicImmaculate Heart of Mary Province - Buffalo, Holy Name of Mary Province - Toronto