Rocmaura Nursing Home opened December 16th, 1972, but its roots grow much deeper. Here’s a quick history lesson…
Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac
It all started in 1633 with Sts. Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac formed the Daughters of Charity to serve the poor, sick and unlearned These ideas and values of Catholic Care would be passed down to create what we know today!
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
In 1809, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton became the educator and foundress of the Sisters of Charity in the United States of America.
Honoria Conway
Honoria Conway then becomes a part of this story. After leaving Ireland, she lived in Saint John, New Brunswick and Meteghan, Nova Scotia before joining the Sisters of Charity of New York. After a cholera epidemic, she and three companions founded the Sisters of Charity of Saint John in 1854. This was the first English-Speaking religious congregation founded in Canada!
Thomas Louis Connolly
Thomas Louis Connolly was the second bishop of Saint John, sought Sisters to serve poor Irish immigrants and orphans. He received the vows of the founding women and gave them their first rule on October 21st, 1854.
Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception + Rocmaura Nursing Home
After devoting their lives to the quality of life of others, and moving from different locations in Saint John, they made their stay permanent in 1972.
December 16th was the first day Rocmaura Nursing Home officially opened!
2022 will be Rocmaura’s 50th birthday, and we can’t wait to celebrate all the efforts from our past and present Sisters to create opportunities for our community.
It all started in 1633 with Sts. Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac formed the Daughters of Charity to serve the poor, sick and unlearned These ideas and values of Catholic Care would be passed down to create what we know today!
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
In 1809, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton became the educator and foundress of the Sisters of Charity in the United States of America.
Honoria Conway
Honoria Conway then becomes a part of this story. After leaving Ireland, she lived in Saint John, New Brunswick and Meteghan, Nova Scotia before joining the Sisters of Charity of New York. After a cholera epidemic, she and three companions founded the Sisters of Charity of Saint John in 1854. This was the first English-Speaking religious congregation founded in Canada!
Thomas Louis Connolly
Thomas Louis Connolly was the second bishop of Saint John, sought Sisters to serve poor Irish immigrants and orphans. He received the vows of the founding women and gave them their first rule on October 21st, 1854.
Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception + Rocmaura Nursing Home
After devoting their lives to the quality of life of others, and moving from different locations in Saint John, they made their stay permanent in 1972.
December 16th was the first day Rocmaura Nursing Home officially opened!
2022 will be Rocmaura’s 50th birthday, and we can’t wait to celebrate all the efforts from our past and present Sisters to create opportunities for our community.