The Mother Marie Lionie photograph. 1912.

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The Mother Marie Lionie photograph. 1912.

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The subject of the 8 by 10 inch photo is the 1912 funeral of Mother Lionie.

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Catholic University of America

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Catholic University of America

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Lefebvre, Camille, 1831-1895

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Piccole Suore della Sacra Famiglia

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Lionie, Mother Marie, 1840-1912.

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Born Alodie Virginia Paradis in Nova Scotia in 1840, Mother Marie Lionie (her religious name) founded a congregation, the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, with the help of Father Camille Lefebvre and finally a papal approbation in Canada in 1880, for the purpose of providing domestic help for the clergy. The sisters devoted themselves to work in the kitchens, laundries, and sacristies of colleges, seminaries, and episcopal residences. They extended their work throughout Canada, and into Italy,...