The Ursulines of Bruno trace their history back to the arrival of a group of sisters from Haselbrune, Germany to Winnipeg. In 1912, Abbot Bruno Doerfler invited the Ursuline sisters to come to St. Peter’s Colony, and they arrived to teach in Muenster in 1913. From there, the first sister went to Bruno to teach in 1914, the same year that seven more sisters arrived in the colony. The order’s temporary mother house in Marysburg was moved to Bruno, because it had railway service.
The convent was built in 1919 and the Ursuline Academy opened in 1922, teaching both boarders and day scholars. Through the decades, the school educated hundreds of girls from across the province and from as far away as Mexico and Hong Kong.
Operating in recent years as the Prairie Ursuline Centre, the 60,000-square foot building and 65 acres of surrounding park and orchards is now home to the St. Therese School of Faith and Mission, www.sttherese.ca.
In the grounds of the former Ursuline convent, the visitor can take in the outdoor 'Via Crucis," or stations of the cross, that were built in the 1960s when other renovations were being done to the convent and school.
Each of the twelve stations is set into a low brick wall that borders one side of the garden. On a hot summer day, it is a tranquil place to wander and reflect on the symbols of the Via Crucis. Each station is represented in a mosaic design, featured like a framed painting above the height of the wall. An inscription close by tells the visitor which station he is at.
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