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Notarized copy of the contract of purchase for a plot of land on the Saint-Gabriel prairie signed on August 25, 1662 by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and Marguerite Bourgeoys

1671 - Pointe Saint-Charles (Montreal), New France (Quebec)

In 1662 Marguerite Bourgeoys obtained a concession in Pointe-Saint-Charles from Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve. This arable land provided crops for the community of the stable-school and for the newly purchased Maison Charly, while the commoning right included in the contract authorized the…

Boarding school of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame

1800 - Montreal, Canada East (Quebec) - Édition : Dien, 32 rue Hautefeuille, Paris

Course in Culinary Art at Institut familial Chanoine-Beaudet

1952 - Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska (Saint-Pascal), Quebec

Laundry course at Institut familial Chanoine-Beaudet

1950 - Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska (Saint-Pascal), Quebec

Mr. Campagna’s Botany class at Institut familial Chanoine-Beaudet

1950 - Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska (Saint-Pascal), Quebec

Weaving course at Institut familial Chanoine-Beaudet

1950 - Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska (Saint-Pascal), Quebec

Study course at the convent

1800 - Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

Course in horticulture at Institut familial Chanoine-Beaudet

1950 - Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska (Saint-Pascal), Quebec

Transfer of a Sister in the context of the itinerant missions

1600 - Ville-Marie (Montreal), New France (Quebec) - Illustration : Francis Back. Photography : Bernard Dubois.

In 1669, Bishop Laval named Marguerite Bourgeoys and her three companions “teachers of the entire colony”, even though the group was still not recognized by the Church authorities. Marie Raisin was the first to depart on a “journeying” mission and was later followed by the other Sisters. They…

Deposition of Sister Catherine Sommillard (de la Purification) and of Sister Marie-Anne Guyon du Buisson (de la Passion) following the Lachine Massacre

1689 - Lachine (Montreal), New France (Quebec)

Armed conflicts among the French, British and the different Amerindian populations occurred frequently and were often connected to the fur trade, the main economic activity in 17th century New France. The Lachine massacre, which was launched on August 5, 1689 by about 1,500 Iroquois warriors, is…

Last page of the prenuptual contract between Pierre Peras and Denise Le Maistre

1660 - Ville-Marie (Montreal), New France (Quebec)

Marriages were celebrated in the buildings of the Congregation, including the stable-school. This contract joining Pierre Peras and Denise Le Maistre, who both arrived in Canada with the reinforcement of one-hundred men in 1659, was signed en la maison d’honnête fille Marguerite Bourgeoys (in…

A typical day at the Congrégation de Notre-Dame in the mid-twentieth century: interview with Sister Denise Lamarche

2009

Sister Denise Lamarche goes through a typical day at the Mother House of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame in the 1950’s.

The day began between 5 and 6 a.m., the Sisters went to the chapel for a half-hour of silent prayer or meditation before common prayer and then Mass.

Second Mother House

1673 - Ville-Marie (Montreal), New France (Quebec)

Around 1669, the stable-school was enlarged since it had become too small to comfortably lodge the Sisters, boarders and farmhands while it was still being used as a school. This addition, completed in 1673 and made up of two living quarters, became the second Mother House of the Congregation (…

Elementary school studies diploma

1918 - Châteauguay, Quebec

Dormitory at Mont Sainte-Marie

1911 - Montreal, Quebec