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4 unusual facts about Grey Nuns


Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin

There were in the vicariate in the early 20th century 15 Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate, 8 Oblate Brothers of Mary Immaculate, 12 Grey Nuns (Montreal), 16 Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart and Mary Immaculate (St. Boniface), 4 more Grey Nuns (St. Hyacinth), 10 churches with 16 out-stations; 11,000 Indians, Dene, Cree and Eskimo, of whom 7000 were Catholics and 5000 non-Catholics or pagans (chiefly Eskimo).

Convent Crash

The three storey, seventy room building was run by the Grey Nuns.

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15 people were killed in the crash including 11 members of the Grey Nuns.

Grey Nuns Hospital

Grey Nuns' Hospital, a hospital that operated from 1695 to 1880 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Germany

The following religious congregations had houses in the vicariate: Sisters of Mercy of St. Charles Borromeo, 1; Sisters of St. Elizabeth (Grey Nuns), 5; Franciscan Sisters, 2; Ursulines, 2.

D'Youville Academy

The Academy was founded in 1860 and operated by the Gray Nuns of Ottawa, founded by Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771).


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1722 in Canada

March 23 - Born Marguerite-Thérèse Lemoine Despins (1722–1792) the second Mother Superior of the Grey Nuns.