| Sister Mary Cecily Case |
 Joined the Sisters of the Cross and Passion in 1956 when she was 35 years of age. Her first contact with the Order was at
one of their secondary schools in Bolton. On leaving school she went on to become a teacher. She had three jobs before going
back to teach in the school she was brought up in. A feeling of wanting to do something else with her life led to her decision
to join the convent. Sister Cecily stayed on as deputy head at the school for a number of years before being asked to go and
take up the post of Superior at the convent attached to Trinity and All Saints Training College. Whilst there she served as
a councillor to the Provincial Superior and was heavily involved in the decision to set up St Gemma’s Hospice. She talks in
length about how the hospice came about and the Sisters role in it. Still living in the Convent at Trinity, she commuted daily
to Bradford to teach in a school there but her involvement in St Gemma’s continued, and in the 1980’s she became a member
of the Board. After thirteen years teaching in Bradford, she retired, and was sent to be Superior of the Convent in Bolton.
In 1993, having served 5 years in Bolton she came to St Gemma’s, where she has worked as a volunteer fund-raiser ever since.
Sister Cecily also discusses how the hospice was organised, the constitution of the Cross and Passion Order, the relationship
with Wheatfield’s Hospice and the changes that have occurred over the years.
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| Interview conducted by Clare Humphreys, 11 July 2000 |
| Interview Duration: 70 minutes |
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