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- Sister Christina Straus
- Georgina Straus
- Sister Georgina Straus
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Georgina Straus was born to Michael Straus and Mary Barbara Ditner on January 10, 1932, in St. Agatha, Ontario. Her siblings were Wilfred, Gerard, Ralph, Eugene, Jacob, Reta, Adeline, Sr. Christina (CSJ), Sr. Lucy (CSJ), Sr. Michaeline (SSND), Sr. Mildred (SSND), and Lucille Delisle. Before entering the Congregation, she worked as a secretary.
Georgina Straus entered the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario in 1951, had her reception in 1951 and received the religious name of Sister Christina, and professed her final vows in 1956. Sister Christina was a Homemaker in Brantford, Ontario from 1953 to 1954. She then went on to study to become a teacher. Sister Christina attained her teachers’ certificates in Ontario and in British Columbia. She also received certificates in Primary Teaching Methods and Elementary Science, Art, Mathematics, and Religious Education. In 1957 she taught Sacristan in Arthur until 1960 when she went on to teach at Francis Xavier School in Stoney Creek. She returned to St. Joseph’s Convent in Arthur where she taught at the Sacred Heart School in Kenilworth from 1971 to 1975. She was also the Local Superior of this mission from 1973 to 1975. She then travelled west and taught at Fort Saint John and Dawson Creek in British Columbia before returning to Guelph, Ontario in 1982 to continue teaching and work in Parish Ministry. From 1996 to 2007 she served as Parish Minister at St. Teresa’s Parish in Elmira, Ontario. After which she moved to St. Joseph’s Motherhouse, Hamilton to continue her Prayer Ministry and her favourite hobby of rug hooking. In 2019 Sister Christina was welcomed into the London Residence where she passed on March 16, 2024. Her funeral was held at Holy Rosary Parish, Burlington.
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Agatha, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Brantford, Ontario
Arthur, Ontario
Stoney Creek, Ontario
Kenilworth, Ontario
Guelph, Ontario
Elmira, Ontario
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December 2025.
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Archives of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada.