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Mural «Compassion au cœur du monde »
(Compassion at the heart of the world)

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Sisters of Charity, you have promised to love Our Lord in the person of the needy for whom you care and the children

whom you teach. My dear and beloved daughters, be kind, love one another, serve your
neighbor for the love of God. Remember, my dear daughters, that the moment we lose our love for the poor,
we lose the spirit that is ours. Let us never cease to pray for our Holy Father the Pope and our Holy Mother the Church.

Hands

Hands

Hands, powerful symbols of the faith and compassion of the sisters : hands in prayer; hands holding a blooming sprig of heather (“bruyère”), a fine and resistant vine symbolizing the motherly strength and tenderness of Mother Bruyère; hands representing friendship and sharing among people all over the world; and hands showing caring and trust between adult and child.

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Bytown General Hospital 1845 – 1850:
First convent, first boarding school and first hospital

Laying the corner stone of the Mother House, 1849.

Growth and building of the community
between Sussex, Cathcart and Bruyère Streets ,
1850 – 1871 including the Mother House,
the Orphanage, the General Hospital, and
the Immigrant Shelter that became
an isolation Hospital for smallpox victims.

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Row 2

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From 1850 to 1876 the missions expanded from Bytown/Ottawa
to include Médina, Temiscaming, Aylmer, Montebello, Pembroke, Buckingham,
Hull, Maniwaki, Pointe-Gatineau, Eganville, Saint-François-du-Lac.