Why did chey leave Charlottetown ? Continuing demands for these sisters in French-speaking institutions in Quebec and elsewhere was one major reason. Another was that by 1925 they felt that the Sisters of Saint Martha of Prince Edward Island , founded in 191 6, could now assume these health care duties. Daughters of Jesus (Filles de Jesus) This religious order was founded in France in 1834, its main apostolate being schools and hospitals. From 1903 to 1 909 eight of these sisters lived at College and were faithfully engaged in domestic services there. With more areas opening up for French- speaking teachers and nurses, especially in Quebec , New Brunswick and , the Daughters of Jesus left the Island for those parts. St. Dunstans' College 1903. Little Sisters of the Holy Family Founded in Memramcook, N.B. in 1880 by Sister Marie - Leonie Paradis , the motherhouse and novitiate moved to Sherbrooke , Quebec in 1895. A number of these sisters were engaged in domestic work at College from 1909 until 1916 and contributed greatly to the life and spirit of the place. Sisters of Saint Martha In 1916 a bright new period began in the Diocese of Charlottetown with the birth of a new religious order of women, the Sisters of Saint Martha. This brought to fulfilment the dream of Bishop Henry O'Leary . As a beginning, four Island women entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Saint Martha of Antigonish in 1915. The following year they returned to the Island, accompanied by Antigonish Sister Mary Stanislaus who was to serve as Island superior for an interim period. Their first Saint Martha's Convent was located at College. In 1 920 the sisters moved to the newly-purchased farm house and land on Road, the site of the present . Mary's. Sister Ellen Mary Cullen (Mother Loyola) became the new superior in 1 921 and two years later, under the guidance of Bishop Louis O'Leary , the Sisters of Saint Martha of Prince Edward Island became by formal decree a congregation in the Diocese of Charlottetown . First . Mai~y 's Religious Orders ♦ 27