Sister Marie Howorth

Sister Marie Howarth is pictured here watching student initiation. She taught me Latin and English. As for my opinion, she was a great teacher.

Latin was a breeze for me, because I was indoctrinated in Latin as an altar boy.

Sister Marie's partial biography reads like this:

I grew up in Toronto in a devout Catholic family with six children. I attended St. Joseph's School on Leslie St. My highlight was when I was in Grade 8, I was chosen to crown Our Lady in our school's outdoor procession. I have happy memories of my childhood as we did many things as a family. For example, my father always made a rink in our back yard, so the neighbours joined us for fun.



Then I attended St. Joseph's College School. In Grade 13, I was on Student Council. I was impressed by many of my teachers, who were Sisters of St. Joseph. After I went to Teachers’ College I taught grade 1 and 2 at the same school where my mother and grandmother had taught. Three generations!



In my second year of teaching, the principal, Sr. Eileen Mohan, asked me if I had ever thought of becoming a Sister. I replied that I had but I was not ready to do anything yet. I had two aunts who were Good Shepherd Sisters and we went frequently to visit them, since they were cloistered. I taught another year and then I felt God was calling me, so I entered the Sisters of St. Joseph.

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http://www.csj-to.ca/Join_us/sr_marie_howorth_story.php