Holy Name of Mary Catholic Secondary School (HNMCSS) is an all-girls regional high school

High school

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 in Brampton

Brampton, Ontario

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, Ontario

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, Canada

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 founded by the Felician Sisters

Felician Sisters

The Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice, or Felician Sisters, are one branch of the Third Order of St. Francis. The active-contemplative order was founded in Warsaw, Poland, in 1855, by Sophia Truszkowska, and named for a shrine of St. Felix, a 16th century Franciscan saint especially devoted to...

. It should not be confused with Holy Name of Mary College School

Holy Name of Mary College School

Holy Name of Mary College School is Ontario's only Independent Catholic School for Girls Grades 5 to 12, located in Mississauga, Ontario. It should not be confused with Holy Name of Mary Secondary School, a regional all-girls high school located in Brampton, Ontario, formerly located in...

 (HNMCS), an independent Catholic all-girls school located on its former campus in Mississauga.

Holy Name of Mary Catholic Secondary School is the only single-gender school in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board

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, continuing a Felician tradition of educating girls and having high academic expectations.
Both Holy Name of Mary Secondary School and Holy Name of Mary College School can trace their origin to the original Holy Name of Mary School (HNM) founded September 7, 1964 by the Felician Sisters

Felician Sisters

The Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice, or Felician Sisters, are one branch of the Third Order of St. Francis. The active-contemplative order was founded in Warsaw, Poland, in 1855, by Sophia Truszkowska, and named for a shrine of St. Felix, a 16th century Franciscan saint especially devoted to...

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