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71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Title
71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Description
Text transcribed from caption: 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN BECOMES NUN #3336 REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Mrs. Joseph Mercier, 71-year-old widow, said to be the oldest woman ever to join a religious order in Saskatchewan, has taken vows in the Convent of the Precious Blood here. Photo at left shows her with her late husband, while at right she is pictured in her nun’s garb with two of her three daughters, Sister Marie-Rose and Sister Marie Odilia of the Order of Our Lady of Auvergne, of Ponteix. A third daughter, Mrs. Adrien Liboiron, also of Ponteix, was at the ceremony at which she took her vows. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PWD-REGINA-MES-4C-6-C)
Date Created
1942
Name Subject(s)
Religious News Service--Archives., Mercier, Joseph.
Topical Subject(s)
Nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Consecration of nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Widows--Saskatchewan--Regina., Older women--Saskatchewan--Regina.
Geographic subjects
Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Regina (Sask.), North and Central America--Canada--Province of Saskatchewan--Regina
Physical Location
RNS RG 1, image no. 3336; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item
Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local)
RNS-RG1_3336
(PID) Persistent Identifier
islandora:359332