https://kitflynn.ca/blog daily 0.75 2019-11-30 https://kitflynn.ca/blog/beloved-skipper-the-camp-director-mary-flynn monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1568998599483-7CRS11GAW492EQLQUTK5/josh-campbell-UbbjVyibFuc-unsplash.jpg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Skipper the Camp Director Little Sir Echo and other camp songs where sung around the campfires in Black Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1590610586331-T5PUW1M73LYTR03QI6YM/D3863B0D-426F-4EF3-88F4-0677A7A4727F_1_201_a.jpeg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Skipper the Camp Director Skipper -half way through her 20 year Camp Directorships. 1950/51 Photo supplied by Kathleen Whelan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1590610520927-TCLH9JBMZNTAT3TLXNPU/4A3DDEB3-78A2-4AD3-B171-5C25ABE40414_1_201_a.jpeg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Skipper the Camp Director Skipper last year as a camp director: 1961, Marygrove Camp. Photo supplied by Joan Giroux Roy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1568836163264-LSGM35PGG2RREI4C3NU3/IMG_5731.JPG Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Skipper the Camp Director A local write up with Marygrove highlights. Date and source unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1590611272222-M5JIKC9DYJFD7CRQJP4Y/668340FB-433E-4DA5-8473-3787B7F8788E.jpg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Skipper the Camp Director Today at Marygrove Camp this sign hangs behind the office counter. Photo credit: Louise Coutu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1590613858307-NXED201SC5HG42S4CKSP/357694AE-D383-4260-83E0-761BBA71F948.jpg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Skipper the Camp Director Mary and Dorothy’s cottage. Circa 1962 Photo supplied by Dianne Flynn. https://kitflynn.ca/blog/cathedral-school-my-dig-attempt monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1590595399823-WVD9FMG8NIXNST72HA3X/D344A358-B67B-46FA-B34F-DCBA59D754DF_1_105_c.jpeg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Mary’s beloved Cathedral School 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1568839841048-LMRRHIJJ2BX7MM2KRSUI/Photo+from+Tim+Houlihan Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Mary’s beloved Cathedral School Mary Flynn and one of her classes in the 1950s or 1960s. 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Mary Loretto’s father sits in the middle of the winning tug-of-war team. Circa 1930 https://kitflynn.ca/blog/marys-oak-partner-desk monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1568666320496-FY2T0JNLSDJFQ2L78ZZD/IMG_0807.jpeg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Mary's Oak Partner-Desk My office’s centrepiece, Mary’s oak desk. This is the refurbished one-hundred-year-old desk at which I write my book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1571791988487-OYCP3U52LTE423BJFEJM/20181104_095021.jpg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Mary's Oak Partner-Desk Mary Loretto Flynn circa 1973 https://kitflynn.ca/blog/spinsters-hope-chest monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1568843903125-5OJGGMQTB0KFSGYJA6PO/Cedar+Hope+Chest.jpeg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - A Spinster's Hope Chest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1571349111138-3XS8LPJBEJUUORSUBJ9Q/zu7%2525Y%2525t4Tmysi%252B1n0HU2nw.jpg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - A Spinster's Hope Chest From left to right: Mary Flynn, Father Barry, Dorothy Flynn. Notice my tea cup and saucer on the left! Circa 1958 https://kitflynn.ca/blog/hello-rita-goodbye-cecilia monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1568903266167-I9J5T58IY2T61RANCROO/yUP1ZeRrRg6GWzUgOo7Rrw.jpg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Hello Rita, Goodbye Cecilia The Fiftieth Anniversary of the “New” Cathedral School- 130 Years at the Heart of Catholic Education in Pembroke. Produced in May, 2005 by Bruce Pappin. https://kitflynn.ca/blog/who-am-i-to-write-marys-story monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1572034951729-Z56LXZFYTOAX8IBX6569/DSC_0180.JPG Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Who am I to write Mary’s story? Mary and her beloved sister Dorothy in their last resting place. St. Columba’s Cemetery in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. Note: Mary’s birth year is in error. She was born in 1904. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1571350359427-C2W0QJ1O8NCZQ6PLHHW3/Martin+Flynn+and+family.jpg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Who am I to write Mary’s story? - Martin Flynn. Circa 1885. Martin Flynn surrounded by some of his children, circa 1885 probably in Chelsea, Quebec. Front row L to R John, Martin (the father), Patrick Back Row L to R James, Joseph (Mary’s father), Roseanne, William, Peter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1571178118078-M8522D0TKRH6K90F4RSV/fullsizeoutput_ebdf.jpeg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Who am I to write Mary’s story? This is my writing space in Ottawa. The photo of Roger Flynn’s painting of Mary as Pied Piper is on my screen. The beautifully refurbished antique desk is a joy to behold - and useful too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1575497276944-G87NPU1P99HY4R0DMRAJ/IMG_6350.jpg Blog: Mary Loretto Stories - Who am I to write Mary’s story? When I am at the cottagein Qubec this is where I write! 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Circa 1958 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d7fb8acb1418c65c9355327/1577017916378-CCO1D3N0L9YV9OAAG1DC/ORDINARY-MARY-COVER.jpg Home Photo: Mary Flynn or ‘Skipper’ at MaryGrove Camp. Circa 1958