Tuesday 3 January 2017

The Twelve Days of Christmas - Day 3


Original post date: 27 Dec 2016


"The third day of Christmas my true love sent to me
three French hens..."



Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, chaperone of the Filles de Roi 
Saint Marguerite d'Youville, founder of the Grey Nuns
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, first Native American to be canonized.


To find more about when my husband's aunt became a nun I emailed the order and my request was forwarded to the archivist.  They replied with more information than I expected, with all the important religious dates of her life. 

My gift to you this third day of Christmas is... 





              ... information and names of Nuns



The Grey Nuns of the Far North 1867-1917

Memoirs of the Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy 1843-1917

Les Ursulines des Trois-Rivières : depuis leur établissement jusqu'à nos jours 1888

The diary of the "Blue nuns" or Order of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, at Paris, 1658-1810

Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in the Northwest: 1859-1909

Catholic Record Society - Nuns of London 1914

Roman Catholic Religious Sisters and Nuns by Order

Religious orders and pdf database of nuns in Australia





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