From Convent to Museum: The Renovation Story
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaThe Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose members are commonly known as the Sisters of Loretto, is a Roman Catholic congregation founded in France in 1609. In 1847, the Loretto Sisters arrived in Canada and by 1856 they had established a convent in Guelph, located on “Catholic Hill” near to the Church of Our…