 In the spring of 1873, when the new province of Manitoba assumed responsibility for education, St. Mary’s began to receive public funding.Because the arrangement with the Grey Nuns was a temporary one, in 1874 Archbishop Taché recruited the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, a teaching congregation from Quebec, to work in education in the diocese.On August 22, 1874, four Sisters of the Holy Names arrived from Montréal to assume responsibility for St. Mary’s Academy.