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Holy Family Hospital School of Nursing, 1910-1969

• Holy Family School of Nursing
• Holy Family Hospital Nursing School

1910-1969

The Holy Family Hospital in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was opened in December, 1910. The hospital was owned and administered by a charitable order known as the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception. Shortly after the hospital's opening, a School of Nursing was established and a three-year program to teach and train nurses was offered. The first nurse to graduate from the school was Henrietta Mutter (Sister Mary Katherine), in 1913. The first group of lay nurses were admitted to the school in March, 1913.

A residence for the student nurses was built in 1915 and was used until November 1955, when a new building with classrooms, offices, a library, auditorium and student residence was officially opened.

In 1953, a Centralized Teaching Program was established by the Government of Saskatchewan. Nursing students spent the first four months in Saskatoon receiving instruction in Social Sciences. In the late 1960s, a recommendation was made that nursing education should be disassociated from hospitals and responsibility for all nursing education passed to the Government of Saskatchewan. The nursing school closed in 1969 and the hospital continued to operate until September 1997. Approximately 698 nurses graduated from the school during its operation.

Directors of the Holy Family Hospital Nursing School were as follows: Sister M. Austin (Verrow), 1913-1918; Sister M. Katherine Mutter, 1918-1924; Sister M. Electa King, 1924-1927; Sister M. Symphorosa Tremblay, 1927-1945; Sister M. Irene, 1945-1953; Sister M. Germaine Kergoat, 1953-1960; Sister Rosarie Lundy, 1957-1963; Sister Jane Frances Rooney, 1960-1966; and Sister Anne Marie McGloan, 1966-1969.

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Celebrating Caring, 1910-1985: Holy Family Hospital, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
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