Religious of the day

Kateri was born in 1656 in the village of Ossernenon (today Auriesville, New York) to a Catholic Algonquian mother and a Mohawk Chief. When she was four years old, her […]

Born in Sainte-Hénédine’s parish in Dorchester, at the border between Beauce and Bellechasse (Quebec), Joseph-Onésime Brousseau is the youngest son of a farming family. Since he was a child he […]

Esther Blondin, in religion « Sister Marie-Anne », was born in Terrebonne (Quebec) on April 18, 1809, in a family of deeply Christian farmers. Still an illiterate at the age […]

Born on March 19, 1908 in Montreal from a Catholic family of eight children, Madeleine inherited from her parents her passion for studies and for culture. On August 3, 1925, […]

Marie Gérin-Lajoie was born in Montreal on June 9, 1890. Her father was a lawyer and her mother, Marie Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie, a pioneering crusader for women’s rights in Québec. Marie did […]

Adolphe was born in Nicolet (Quebec) on October 31, 1871, from convinced Christian parents. His mother dies when he is nine years old. He is therefore sent to a boarding […]

Margaret was a teacher. She began and ended her teaching ministry in the USA at Woodlawn, Chicago in 1935 and Sacramento, California in 1980. In between she taught in Canada […]

Born on May 25, 1851, in the village of La Présentation, Elisabeth Bergeron was the fourth of a family of eleven children. Since she was a child she was attracted […]

Marie Guyart, the first woman missionary to North America was born in Tours, France, in 1599. Marie de l’Incarnation’s life as a mystic began as a young girl when she […]

Born on the South Shore of Quebec, Virginie is the third of a family of nine children. When she is three years old, her eyes are affected by a serious […]