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 parents and younger brother died of smallpox. Kateri was also affected by the disease, which left her almost blind and badly scarred her face. She […]
Read moreBorn 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 feels the call to priesthood. He attends the Collège de Lévis and the Seminary in Quebec in order to be ordained priest, in 1878. Four […]
Read moreEsther 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 of 20, Esther dreams to become a teacher one day. She works as a domestic in the Convent of the Sisters of Congregation Notre-Dame and […]
Read moreBorn 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, she enters the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne. She is 17 years old at the time and already has a solid education. She […]
Read moreMarie 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 all her schooling at the Congrégation Notre-Dame of Montreal, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in 1911 from the Université Laval. She was the […]
Read moreAdolphe 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 school, at Baie-du-Febvre and later to Yamachiche. When he is thirteen years old he enters the Juniorate of the Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes (Brothers of […]
Read moreMargaret 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 in Guelph, Niagara Falls, Stratford and Toronto. Students from those days will remember the unique experience of the Loretto Train to the Stratford Festival as […]
Read moreBorn 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 by religion and, with exceptional fervor for her age, she does her first communion in the spring of 1859, at the same time of her […]
Read moreMarie 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 had a vision of the Lord asking her to be totally His — to which she boldly replied, “Yes!” Her mysticism continued growing throughout her […]
Read moreBorn 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 insolation and she will bear the effects of this her whole life. She attends a school run by the Sisters of Jésus-Marie, from which she […]
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