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Series consists of records related to Mount St. Mary Hospital in Victoria, during the time that the Sisters of St. Ann administered and staffed the institution.

Mount St. Mary Hospital was founded in 1941 as a home for “the aged and infirm and chronic cases” as an adjunct to the nearby St. Joseph’s Hospital. The land on which the hospital was built was purchased in 1939 from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria, and that same year the Provincial Government announced a grant of $50,000 to the Sisters for the construction of the facility. The first building was completed in 1941.

In 1965, Mount St. Mary Hospital was asked to initiate an extended care program. A Board of Management was formed in 1967 and the constitution and bylaws were approved in 1968. The board consisted of nine members, six appointed by the Sisters of St. Ann, one appointed by medical staff and one by the City of Victoria. In 2003, the old Mount St. Mary Hospital on Burdette Street was demolished and the new Mount St. Mary on the corner of Fairfield Road and Quadra Street opened. From September 1990, Mount St. Mary Hospital has been owned and operated by the Marie Esther Society. Records retained by the Marie Esther Society are part of this series.

The records in this series are arranged into six subseries: A. Administration; B. Board of Management and Committees; C. Finance; D. Patient records; E. Marie Esther Society records; F. Photographs, artworks, and moving images.

Series consists of records relating to Blessed Marie Anne Blondin, the founder of the congregation of The Sisters of St. Anne.

Born Marie Esther Sureau dit Blondin on April 18, 1809 in Terrebonne, Quebec, Mother Marie Anne entered the novitiate of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame in 1833, before leaving due to poor health the same year.
After teaching for a number of years in rural Quebec, she met with Bishop Ignace Bourget to seek his permission to start a new religious community focused on the education of rural students – The Daughters of St. Anne – which was approved in September 1850. The order developed from six initial women, to forty-five members by 1857. In 1858, Sisters from the order were sent to Victoria to establish Catholic education in the rapidly expanding settler society.

Blessed Marie Anne died January 2, 1890. She is currently undergoing the process of canonization, the steps of which span years. Mother Marie Anne was declared “Venerable” on May 14, 1991, and “Blessed” on April 29, 2001.

The series relates primarily to the beatification and celebration of Mother Marie Anne after her death, as well as her legacy in relation to the Sisters of St. Ann, in the West and in Quebec.