The Richmond Palladium And Sun Telegram

Little Gray Nuns of North Work in Far North

The Indian mission school at Resolution, in the Mackenzie country, Canadian northwest, is under the supervision of the Little Gray Nuns of the North. This organization has a unique history, having been founded in Montreal nearly two centuries ago by a group of middle-aged ladies banded together under the leadership of Madame D'Youville for the purpose of accomplishing some good work in the world. The present name of the order was derived from a derisive appellation leveled at the few original members in the beginning, for the people called them the Gray Sisters, from the fact that all were gray-haired and had agreed never to marry after forming their association. They accepted the title thus bestowed on them, and adopted a somber gray habit to conform to it.