named Mary of St. Hilda (Sept. 1879-23 Dec. 1958), member of the Sisters of Holy Cross. (Sister St. Hilda) Her name in secular life is also given as Agnes Rebecca Reid. Born in Manchester, Eng. She was brought to North America by older brothers and sisters, having been orphaned at age six. It may be suspected, on grounds of general probability rather than any particular evidence, that one of the two surnames given for her was that of a family with which she lived after the parents died. She was educated at Renfrew, Ont., with the Sisters of Holy Cross. Choosing the religious life, and impressed by the example of the Sisters of Holy Cross who had taught her, she herself entered the congregation of the Sisters of Holy Cross in 1897. She taught in Alexandria at St. Margaret’s Convent School and the Alexander School for some 25 years, and taught also at Renfrew, Ont., and was principal and senior teacher at Iona, St. Raphael’s, for six years. She was appointed superior of St. Mary’s Convent, Clayton, N.Y., in 1938. On 16 July 1950 she celebrated the golden jubilee of her religious profession. In 1953, she returned to St. Margaret’s, Alexandria, to live. For the centenary of the Sisters of Holy Cross in Alexandria, she wrote Memories of One Hundred Years (1956). Excerpts from this history were published in the Glengarry News of 19 Jan. 1956. She died at the Mother House, St. Laurent, Que., where she had gone to spend the winter months.

Glengarry News 25 Dec. 1958 * Eileen E. Consiglio, In Loving Memory of Sister Mary of St. Hilda Congregation of the Sisters of Holy Cross and of the Seven Dolors Died at St. Laurent, December 23, 1958 (published 1959?), pp. 7