Sister Celine holds a Licentiate in Music, a Bachelor of Choral Music Degree, and both Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees with a major in piano. She has studied Gregorian Chant, Orchestration, Choral and Orchestral Directing, as well as the harp, various woodwind, and brass instruments at such diverse institutions as Trinity College of Music in Toronto, Manhattanville in New York, Toledo, Ohio, and De Paul University in Chicago, Illinois.

During her very long career in music in this city, Sister Celine excelled in the area of accompanying, as well as directing, various choirs. She was very well known as the accompanist for the Our Lady of Mercy Glee Club in their competition for the Mathieson Trophy, - the first Newfoundland choir to win that award - and for their six (6) performances at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. She also directed St. Clare's School of Nursing Glee Club, and the orchestras at Mercy Convent, Littledale, and Holy Heart of Mary High School. Both her choirs and her orchestras from Littledale and Holy Heart competed in several Kiwanis Music Festivals. However, competition was not Sister Celine's only interest in the Festival. For five years, 1967 - 1971, she served on the Festival's Advisory Board, and contributed for no less than fifteen years on the Syllabus Committee.

Many of Sister Celine's private pupils also became very successful competitors in the Kiwanis Music Festival as winners in various instrumental categories. However, perhaps more importantly, many of them paid the ultimate tribute to her teaching and example by choosing to adopt music as life-long careers.

Sister Celine has devoted her whole life to the promotion of music and music education, and from the very beginning was an ardent supporter of the Kiwanis Music Festival. Because of this devotion, her untiring efforts, and her shining example we are pleased and honoured to induct her into the Kiwanis Music Festival's HALL OF HONOUR in the Music Category.