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Sunday school group

1949 - Fukushima, Japan

In this picture we find: Sisters Sainte-Marie-François-Xavier (Maria Dolorosa Yoshie Saito), candidate, Saint-Alphonse-de-Valence (Marguerite Saint-Hilaire), Saint-Albert-de-Sion (Marie-Léonie-Alice Lemay), Mother Saint-Ignace (Marie-Léa-Alice Mandeville), Sisters Sainte-Marie-Anne (Marie-Mélina…

Group of students on a class outing

1955 - Fukushima, Japan

Lesson in Culinary Art

1932 - Fukushima, Japan

War orphans adopted by the convent

1940 - Fukushima, Japan

Meal eaten on a tatami

1952 - Fukushima, Japan

Letter from the Holy See to the Congrégation de Notre-Dame written by A. Hutt, Capitular Vicar of the Hakodate Diocese and A. Giardini, Apostolic Delegate to Japan

1930 - Hakodate, Japan

Beginning in 1927, the Congrégation de Notre-Dame received several requests to establish a mission in Japan. In 1932, it was decided: the first five missionaries were sent to Fukushima.

Arrival of Marguerite Bourgeoys in Ville-Marie

1653 - [Montreal, New France (Quebec)] - Illustration : Francis Back. Photography : Bernard Dubois

Catherine Crolo and the Filles du Roy (King'’s Ward) at the farm

1668 - Pointe Saint-Charles (Montreal), New France (Quebec) - Illustration : Francis Back. Photographe : Bernard Dubois

King Louis XIV, at the request of Intendent Jean Talon, sent the Filles du Roy, who, for the most part, were orphaned girls from Paris and the neighbouring provinces. They were sent in order to get married, start a family and populate New France. The royal court helped them with their…

Class at the end XVIIIth century

1783 - Montreal, Province of Quebec (Quebec) - Illustration : Francis Back

Under British rule, there were few changes made in the schools of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame, apart from the fact that, from 1771 to 1786 half-boarders were accepted. After the war, many inhabitants could not afford to pay full boarding for their daughters. Otherwise, the teaching of…

Construction of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel

1675 - Ville-Marie (Montreal), New France (Quebec) - Illustration : Francis Back. Photography : Bernard Dubois

In 1655, two years after her arrival in Ville-Marie, Marguerite Bourgeoys undertook the construction of a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the edge of the Saint Lawrence River since attacks by the Iroquois made pilgrimages to the cross on the mountain too perilous. With the help of de…

Discovery of the statuette of Virgin and Child among the ruins of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel

1754 - Ville-Marie (Montreal), New France (Quebec) - Illustration : Francis Back. Photography : Bernard Dubois

During the 18th century, fire destroyed several buildings in Montreal, among them Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel in 1754. The only object in the church that was spared was a small wooden statue of the Virgin and Child. The 16th century figurine, to which miracles are attributed, had been given…

Clearing of a concession

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

Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve granted the first concessions in 1648, however, it is only when settlers arrived by the hundreds in 1653 and 1659 that Ville-Marie (Montreal) truly began to develop. Despite the hardships due to the lack of manpower and Iroquois attacks, the men built houses and…

Farm work on Île Saint-Paul at the end of the XVIIIth century

1769 - Montreal, Province of Quebec (Quebec) - Illustration : Francis Back

The Congrégation de Notre-Dame became the owner of the entire Île Saint-Paul (today Île-des-Sœurs) in 1769. During the previous decades, the Sisters progressively acquired several fiefs, including Lanoue in 1706. The island was very close to Saint-Gabriel farm in Pointe-Saint-Charles, only the…

Marguerite Bourgeoys working at the stable-school during a visit by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and Bénigne Basset

1658 - Ville-Marie (Montreal), New France (Quebec) - Illustration : Francis Back