Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue: interview with Sister Thérèse Boilard

Sister Thérèse Boilard recalls the history of Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame and shares some of her memories.

She points out that it was in 1864 that the Congrégation, already present in Saint-Roch, Québec, took possession of a piece of land in Sainte-Foy. Ten years later, about 50 people, Sisters and students, moved into a building that had been under construction since 1871.

In 1937, by virtue of the affiliation with Université Laval, the convent became Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue. Courses began at the elementary school level and went up to Philosophy II. Sister Boilard gives a tour of the building through pictures. She mentions the parlours, the auditorium which could seat up to 500 students, and the library. She remembers with great sadness the closing of the Collège in 1996 and cites, with emotion, an extract from a text in this regard.