Subseries 14 - Edmonton, 103rd Ave, Alberta

On January 11, 1968, the Sisters took possession of a new home on a quiet residential street in Edmonton’s west end at 13419 103 Avenue, known as Hospitality House. The Sisters who lived at the residence were serving in apostolates throughout the city or studying at the university. Sister Rita Patenaude served as chaplain for the Newman Centre campus at St. Joseph's College of the University of Alberta in 1974, and later was elected as the first woman National Chaplain for the Newman Centres in Canada (1980-1986).

Throughout the years, Sisters served at the Catholic Immigration Services, Alberta Social Services, pastoral care and the deaf ministry. Sister Mary Jackson continued the catechetics as supervisor of Religious Education of the Edmonton Catholic Schools (1961-1975) and later served on the Alberta Regional Marriage Tribunal (1977-1994). In 1996, the residence was renamed Donnelly House after foundress Sister Catherine Donnelly, offering short-term accommodation for patients or their families from Northern Alberta seeking medical care in Edmonton. The house was closed and sold in 2001.

Sister Frances Coffey began in 1995 on a team offering home and parish retreats, directed prayer and spiritual direction in the city’s south side, where she also lived. In 1997, Sister Coffey joined the staff of Providence Renewal Centre and retired from the centre in 2008.

Subseries consists of correspondence, community annals, evlautions, and reports from the SOS mission at 103rd Ave, Edmonton, Alberta. Accompanied by some materials on the Donnelly House apostolate in Edmonton.

The SOS had several overlapping missions in Edmonton. Upon transfer to USMC, the records from each of these were arranged as discrete subseries, this distinction has been maintained.

Created by F Rousselle Dec. 11, 2025.
Revised by F Rousselle Dec 16, 2025.

Mission history by SOS archivist, MC Havey, inherited upon transfer to USMC.