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1927 - Montreal - anon.

1984 - Tokyo - Sister Takako Kikuchi and Illustration by Fusako Yusaki

1980 - Douvangar, Cameroon

1971 - Ebolowa, Cameroon

1971 - Makak, Cameroon

1971 - Makak, Cameroon

1970 - Makak, Cameroon

1685 - Ville-Marie (Montreal), New France (Quebec) - Illustration : Francis Back. Photography : Bernard Dubois

When the first colonists from France settled in Montréal in 1642, Hochelaga, the Iroquois village which Jacques Cartier visited in 1535, no longer existed. During the first months following their arrival, the settlers built a fort surrounded by a stake palisade. Houses multiplied through the…

1865 - Tignish, Prince Edward Island

1893 - Tignish, Prince Edward Island

1919 - Tignish, Prince Edward Island

1873 - Newcastle, (Miramichi) New Brunswick

1945 - Saint-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick

1990 - Kedgwick, New Brunswick

1758 - Louisbourg, Nova Scotia - Illustration : Francis Back

In 1727, Bishop de Saint-Vallier, against the advice of the Minister of the Navy and the Superior of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame, sent Sister Marguerite Roy to teach in Louisbourg. In 1730, the mission received a Royal grant for the establishment of a permanent mission and the purchase of a…

1940 - Port Hood, Nova Scotia

1934 - Antigonish, Nova Scotia

1956 - New Victoria, Nova Scotia

1897 - Antigonish, Nova Scotia

1966 - Truro, Nova Scotia

1897 - Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Saint Bernard Convent opened in 1883 and became affiliated with Saint Francis Xavier University in 1894. It was renamed Mount Saint Bernard College and became the first Catholic college in North America to offer post-secondary education to women. Three years later, four young women received…

1897 - Brockville, Ontario

1922 - Westport, Ontario

1841 - Kingston, Upper Canada (Ontario) - Illustration : Francis Back

For many years, Msgr. Plessis, Bishop of Quebec and Msgr. MacDonell, Bishop of Kingston, had wished that the Sisters of the Congregation would establish themselves in Kingston, the city which was to become the capital of a United Canada. Two Sisters set up the Congregation’s first English-…

1885 - Peterborough, Ontario

1956 - Toronto, Ontario

1960 - Cornwall, Ontario

1890 - Kingston, Ontario

2009

Sister Marthe Charron gives an overview of "La cuisine raisonnée" written by the Congrégation de Notre-Dame.

After pointing out that this publication has been used by generations of women, Sister Charron mentions that it was used not only for cooking but for running the house…

1929 - Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny (Montmagny), Quebec

Alumni Associations are groups of former students. The first reunion of alumni of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame took place in Ottawa in 1910; in 1929 the Fédération des Amicales Notre-Dame, grouping the various alumni associations, was established on the initiative of Sister Sainte-Marie-Odile…