Religious of the day

Born at St-Léon de Maskinongé, the oldest child of a family of thirteen children, Marie-Auréa joins the Ursuline Sisters of Trois-Rivières in 1929. She works as a teacher, school principal, […]

Marie-Aveline Bengle was born on October 15, 1861 in Saint-Paul d’Abbotsford into a family whose faith was solid and deep. From 1875 to 1879, she pursued her secondary studies at […]

Awards from the Jeunesses musicales du Canada, Order of Canada, Order of Quebec, First National Prize Lescarbot, Calixa-Lavallée Prize, Tourism Award of Excellence for Quebec, Honorary Doctorate from the Universities […]

Born on February 7, 1937 in Liveri, a small town north of Naples (Italy), Carmelina is the eighth of eleven children of a farming family. She is a beautiful girl […]

Lina was born on July 9, 1921 in St. Boniface, MN, in a bilingual family. Her parents ensured the children received a good education. Her father died when she was […]

Born on January 27, 1794, in Lavaltrie (Lower Canada), for fifty years Rosalie leads a life similar to that of most women of her time. On October 7, 1811, she […]

Born on March 19, 1818 in the village of L’Assomption, just a few kilometers from Montreal, Elisabeth loses her father when she is only six. She suffers deeply and experiences […]

Born on October 12, 1903, in Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois (department of Maine-et-Loire), in France, Antoinette attends the grade school of her municipality, a school run by the secularized sisters of the Filles […]

Marcelle Mallet was born on March 26, 1805, in Côte des Neiges (Montreal). She loses her father when she is only five years old. After her first communion, Marcelle has […]

A man of culture and learning, Fr. James Gray grew up in the environs of St. Peter’s abbey in Muenster, Sask. Born on Feb. 6, 1927, William James Gray received his […]