Religious of the day

Ellen Mary was born May 3, 1898 in Hope River, Prince Edward Island. After receiving her early education in the district school of Hope River, junior high school training under […]

Alfred Pampalon was born on November 24, 1867, in Lévis (Quebec), the ninth of twelve children. His father was a builder and contractor, who worked building churches. After attending primary […]

Délia Tétreault, founder of the first canadian missionnary institute, was born in Marieville (Quebec) on February 4, 1865, together with a twin brother who dies seven months later. At her […]

Mother Mary Greene of the Sisters Faithful Companions of Jesus is remembered for her academic excellence as well as for her holistic manner of guiding her students to develop intellectually, […]

Jeanne Le Ber was born on January 4, 1662 in Ville-Marie (Montreal). She is baptized the same day and Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve is her godfather and Jeanne Mance […]

Born on December 29, 1832 in Saint-Henri-de-Lévis, a rural village of Quebec, Bernarda Morin-Rouleau enters the novitiate of the order of the formerly called Sisters of Charity of Providence on […]

Born on October 6, 1811, in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, the tenth of a family of eleven children, Eulalie receives her initial education from her mother, a former student of the Ursuline Sisters […]

“Sister Gerry was a good woman. She treated people nice and she didn’t take no crap from no one.” These bold words spoken by Sheila Sunshine, indigenous street child, capture […]

Born on November 2, 1901, at Buckland, Bellechasse, on her family farm, Marie-Claire Dion is the oldest of ten brothers and sisters. Since she was a child, she always had […]

Yvonne was born in Paris on September 17, 1910. When she was three years old, her family immigrated to the United States and settled in Santa Barbara, California. While there, […]