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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.

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.