Bruno, Saskatchewan

History

Bruno was named after Father Bruno Doerfler,{{cite web | access-date =2012-12-13}} who came to the area along with other Germans from Minnesota in 1902.{{cite web | access-date =2012-12-10 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121125102429/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/bruno.html | archive-date =2012-11-25 | url-status =dead

From 1911 to 1919 Bruno Doefler was Abbot of the Territorial Abbey of Saint Peter-Muenster.{{cite web | access-date =2012-12-12}} The territory of the Territorial abbey (Abbey Nullius) which included Bruno was also referred to as St. Peter's Colony.{{cite web | access-date =2012-12-12 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140529085742/http://ecommons.usask.ca/bitstream/handle/10388/ETD-2011-08-25/PAPROSKI-THESIS.pdf?sequence=3 | archive-date =2014-05-29 | url-status =dead

Ursuline Convent

In 1919 the Ursuline Sisters opened a convent and in 1922 an academy called St. Ursula's Academy was established. The convent and academy building of 1919 was expanded in the 1950s with an extension which included the chapel. In 1952 there were 80 professed sisters, up from 55 in 1934.{{cite web | access-date =2012-12-30}} Additional building expansions happened in 1962 (gymnasium) and 1977 (convent infirmary wing). The academy graduated its last class in 1982.

Eight stained glass windows from the convent chapel have been moved to the Holy Spirit Church in Saskatoon, Vanier Collegiate in Moose Jaw, and Villa Angela and the Humboldt MuseumThe Natural History Museum of Berlin, in Germany, has been popularly known for 60 years as the "Humboldt Museum" (from 1949 to 2009). This other Museum in Saskatchewan, Canada, has nothing to do with the German museum located in Berlin. in nearby Humboldt.{{cite web | access-date =2012-12-10 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190415165841/http://www.stainedglasscanada.ca/ | archive-date =2019-04-15 | url-status =dead

St. Therese Institute of Faith and Mission

On July 1, 2007, the Ursuline facility changed ownership and became the home of St. Therese Institute of Faith and Mission, a Catholic post-secondary school of faith formation;{{cite web | access-date =2012-12-10 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130705085942/http://www.sttherese.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=7&Itemid=60 | archive-date =2013-07-05 | url-status =dead | access-date =2012-12-10 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130705085942/http://www.sttherese.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=7&Itemid=60 | archive-date =2013-07-05 | url-status =dead

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bruno had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.94 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

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References

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References

2. "Bruno mayor and town council".
3. Lukan Yaworski, Kiply. "Ursulines of Bruno hold reunion at former convent and school June 3, 2007 - OSU reunion.pdf".
4. Admin, StT. ""triumph: Freedom through Healing" now its own {{as written".
5. "REGISTERED Charity's Return - Quick View".
6. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].