Theresa Schmidt

1858 - Abt 1920  (61 years)

• Name	Theresa Schmidt
  Born	21 Apr 1858	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Eugenia Schmidt
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-220645
  Died	Abt 25 Feb 1920	, USA
  Person ID	I220645	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Schmidt,   b. CALC 25 Jun 1809, Sutzwiller, Rhine-Prussia ,   d. 25 Feb 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Barbara Minch,   b. CALC 9 Aug 1813, , Germany ,   d. 9 Jan 1899  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Family ID	F7419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  " 'Whatever you have done to the least of my brethren, you have done to me.' This consoling assurance of our divine Lord must have been the vital force of the religious life of our dear Sister Mary Eugenia Schmitt. Mary Eugenia Schmitt, a life embodying years of toil, of self-sacrificing fidelity, thirty-eight years of them being spent in our asylum in Pittsburgh, in New York, and in Tacony. Successfully, Sister Eugenia was born in St. Agatha, Can. April 21st, 1858. The chief aim of the good Christian parents was to raise their children of God, and so they rejoiced in the later years to consecrate two daughters to His service as Sisters of Notre Dame. Sister Eugenia followed the example of their older sister, our Dear Sister Mary Tillman, and entered into Rochester, St. Joseph's on the feast of our Lady's Presentation, 1877. Teresa's longing for the Holy Habit was happily realized on the feast of her patronal saint, 1878. On August 18, 1881, Sister Mary Eugenia pronounced her Holy Vows at the Notre Dame of Maryland, and eleven years later she sealed the sacred contract for life. After this very memorable day, sister returned with renewed courage and zeal to her sweet labor of love for God's favorites, the orphans entrusted to care. She was a firm open character, a good religious, very true to duty, trustworthy in the smallest details of her work. Tact and order seemed to be her second nature. With maternal solicitude, Sister attended to the clothing of the boys. If indisposition or illness overtook one or the other, she cared for them with loving sympathy. The children in turn, loved and revered their good mother; her mere presence upheld her authority. Frequently young men who had been in Sister's charge in their childhood days, would visit her and express their gratitude for the good principles which she had instilled in their young hearts. Not withstanding the manifold and exacting duties which devolved upon Sister. She was always willing to help with other work when necessary. On February 22, she was at duty's post as usual - not thinking that her earthly task was done. That night she was seized with severe pain which the ordinary remedies did not relieve. Next morning the doctor diagnosed 'a severe cold'. On the following day her condition grew worse. The consulting physician feared the worst, but promised to do all in his power to save the precious life. When it became evident that no human skill could stay the hand of death, our dear sufferer received the last sacraments on February 25th, very devoutly and resigned to God's Holy Will. The Reverend Chaplain gave sister Holy Communion daily and visited her frequently. Friday evening he prayed with her a long time, and time had that Sister could not receive one more on account of her cough. Shortly before midnight Sister Superior renewed the Holy Vows with her. With a firm hand the dying Sister blessed herself and repeated every word of the formula in a whisper. Then she kissed the Holy Rule Book so fervently that all present were deeply impressed. Nothing seemed to worry her mind. No fear of death was evident, no struggle, when the departing soul of our Dear Sister responded to the final summons of The Divine Friend of our Children, to meet him face to face as her judge. The large attendance at the funeral and the many stipends for Holy Masses testified to the grateful love which Sister Eugenia had won for her self-sacrificing life for the orphans at St. Vincent's Asylum. Tacony, Philadelphia. She died 1920." Obituary of Sr Mary Eugenia Schmidt (born Teresa) - source is listed as the Mother House

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 5 Page 26.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Apr 1858 - St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Abt 25 Feb 1920 - , USA  = Link to Google Earth