Sr. Dorothy Jean Christie

Sr. Christina, known in the world as Dorothy Jean Christie, a member of The Society of the All Saints Sisters of the Poor for 59 years, died from congestive heart failure on December 5, 2025. She was 94 years of age.

A native of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Sr. Christina was born on February 26, 1931, during a snow storm, to John and Dorothy Christie. She is predeceased by her aunt Violet Fahie who was raised alongside her as a big sister. As a result, Vi and Sr. Christina grew very close. Sr. Christina wrote in her autobiography concerning Vi, that “Up until the time she died on October 28, 2014, we never lost that bond - she is probably the closest person I have ever been to, on this earth.” Sr. Christina is survived by her cousins Donald Thomson, Dr. Robert Christie, and Jill Patterson, who was also her Goddaughter, as well as by Gary and Jackie Fahe and Margie and Glen Yeadon, all of Canada. She also leaves behind her Sisters in Religion and her beloved dog, Bella.

Sr. Christina worked as a secretary after graduating from high school eventually being hired as secretary to an American Air Force General in Goose Bay, Labrador at the USAF base. Here she met a variety of people and was introduced to the Anglican Church through a roommate. When her secretarial job ended, she attended Teachers College in Toronto, Ontario and later taught in Elementary School for a few years. During this time, she pursued her interest in the Anglican Church and was confirmed to the horror of her family. She later attended a retreat held at the St. John the Divine Anglican Convent. It was during that retreat she heard her call from God, “This is what I want you to do, be a Sister for Me.” Two years later, Sr. Christina was free from her teaching contract to try her vocation. While there she suffered a knee injury and the doctor felt she was not strong enough to live the Religious Life. So she was encouraged to visit The All Saints Sisters of the Poor in Baltimore, Maryland. She made the visit, felt at peace and at home and the rest is history, she used to say.

As an All Saints Sister, Sr. Christina served in many capacities from Infirmarian, Sacristan, Guest Mistress, and Novice Mistress, to Assistant Superior, and finally as Superior. She conducted many retreats and Quiet Days making lifelong friends along the way. She served as a Pastoral Counselor at the Joseph Richey Hospice and displayed a real gift of comforting the dying. She served on our Corporation Board for years and remained even in retirement a member of the Monastic Council.

For those who knew and worked with Sr. Christina, she will probably best be remembered for her role in leading the Community during its time of discernment into the Roman Catholic Communion. She understood what it meant to be a Convert, having converted from the United Church of Canada to Anglicanism and finally to what she came to believe was our true home, Rome. She was a tremendous role model for us and for all who knew her. She loved unconditionally and gave unconditionally of herself no matter what the circumstances. Her wit, her wisdom, her smile, her delight in gardening, her love of Oriole’s baseball, her fondness for hotdogs, and macaroni and cheese all describe our Sister who was not afraid to be herself, who loved our Lord, and who kept her promise to become a Sister. May she rest in peace and rise in glory!