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ca. 1940-2006 (Creation)
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- Kuntz, Mary Lillian
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16 mm of textual records
1 videocassette (35 min.) : chrome dioxide
2 audio discs (ca. 74 min.) : vinyl ; 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 cm
1 print : painting, col. ; 11.5 x 17 cm (sight) in mat 27 x 18 cm
1 digital video disc (9:34 min.) : col.
8 photographs : b & w. ; 46 x 31 cm or smaller
293 photographs : col. ; 21 x 12 cm or smaller
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Mary Lillian Kuntz was born in London, Ontario on December 30, 1935. She was the daughter of Edward J. Kuntz and Margaret H. Ward. Mary Lillian attended St. Angela’s School in London from 1949-1950, and then Catholic Central High School in London from 1950-1953. She entered the Congregation on July 2, 1953 and received the habit and her religious name Dolores on January 3, 1954. She took her final vows on January 3, 1961. Sister Mary Lillian trained at London Teachers’ College from 1956-1957. Later, she attended the University of Windsor, obtaining her B.A. in 1965. This was followed by the completion of an M.A. in Educational Administration from Columbia University in New York in 1976. Almost a decade later, she completed a B.A. and J.C.L. in Canon Law from the University of Ottawa in 1985.
Sister Mary Lillian served as a teacher and principal in London from 1957-1972. She spent the summer of 1969 in Uganda, teaching mathematics to teachers. She then moved to Yellowknife, where she was principal at St. Patrick’s High School until 1977. During her time in the north, she also served as a bursar for the local religious community. She returned to London, and taught high school mathematics from 1978-1981. She then worked as an administrator at the Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse from 1981-1983.
Following this, Sister Mary Lillian studied canon law in Ottawa from 1983-1985, and then received several canonical appointments. She was the Associate Judge and substitute Defender of the Bond for the Vancouver Regional Tribunal, working through the Nelson, B.C. office in 1984. She then served as Judge and Defender of the Bond for the Nelson Marriage Tribunal after it became a distinct Diocesan Tribunal in 1985. She was appointed to the Disability Pension Committee for the Diocese of Nelson in 1985. In 1987, she was appointed Judge, Auditor and Notary on the Marriage Tribunal in Nelson. She held this position until 1993, when she also became the Director of the Marriage Tribunal. In 1996, she became the Director of the Nelson-Kamloops Interdiocesan Tribunal, still serving as a Judge and Auditor.
Sister Mary Lillian held other positions of service, including on the Diocesan Synod Steering Committee, the Diocesan Pastoral Council, the Diocesan Sexual Abuse Committee, and the Cathedral Liturgy Committee. She was the treasurer for the Sisters’ Council in the Diocese of Nelson. Sister Mary Lillian was also a world traveller.
Sister Mary Lillian died on October 23, 2015 in London Ontario and is buried in St. Peter’s Cemetery, in the same city.
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The sous-fonds reflects Sr. Mary Lillian Kuntz’s time as an educator, judge, administrator, and her Congregational service. The earliest record is a class photograph from St. Angela’s College where she was a student, followed by her high school diploma from Catholic Central High School in 1953. The records have a global geographic spread with the inclusion of colour transparencies of her travels to the United Kingdom, Africa and Europe. The materials focus on her time in Yellowknife, NWT, Uganda, Nelson, B.C., and London, Ont. The sous-fonds includes photographs, sound recordings, moving image recordings, and a diploma.
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Transferred by the Congregational Leadership to the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Archives – London site.
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The records are located at The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Archives.
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These records are restricted to public access until 30 years after the death of Sister Mary Lillian Kuntz in the case of files containing any sensitive information.
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- Religion and religious people
- Religion and religious people » Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)
- Education and learning
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Education and learning » Teachers
- Society and social movements » Women and girls
- Religion and religious people » Nuns
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July 2, 2020
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Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Archives. Dictionary of Biography of Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada.