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Sister Margaret Bourgeois

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BOURGEOIS, Sister Margaret, born in Troyes, France, in 1620; died in Montreal, Canada, in 1700. Although her parents were poor, she received a good education. She lost her mother at an early age, and was obliged to take charge of her father's household. When her brothers and sisters were settled, she applied for admission into the Carmelite order, but was refused, and a similar refusal attended her petition to be received among the "Poor Clares" of her native city.

She accompanied M. de Maisonneuve to Canada in 1653, and after a perilous voyage landed at Quebec and set out for Montreal, where she opened a school. Returning to France in 1658, she secured several zealous assistants, and obtained ecclesiastical permission to form them into a religious society, which received the name of the congregation of Notre Dame. She again returned to France to obtain letters-patent from Louis XIV for the confirmation of her institute, and the French monarch granted her request, accompanied with promises of protection.

In 1672 she returned to Montreal, and enthusiastically set to work to perfect her institute. Although she founded many prosperous missions, she did not obtain a confirmation of the rules of her order till 1689, two years before her death. The bishop of Quebec hesitated many years before he could determine on giving his final approbation; but he yielded at last, having become persuaded that Sister Bourgeois was a saint. For twenty years she had begged her sisters to elect another superioress in her place; her resignation was finally accepted in 1693, and for the rest of her life she performed the humblest offices in the convent she had founded.

Sister Margaret Bourgeois was beatified in 1950 by Pope Pius XII and canonized by Pope John Paul II on 31 October 1982. She is the first woman saint in the Canadian Church.

BOURGEOIS, Sister Margaret, born in Troyes, France, in 1620; died in Montreal, Canada, in 1700. Although her parents were poor, she received a good education. She lost her mother at an early age, and was obliged to take charge of her father's household. When her brothers and sisters were settled, she applied for admission into the Carmelite order, but was refused, and a similar refusal attended her petition to be received among the "Poor Clares" of her native city. She accompanied M. de Maisonneuve to Canada in 1653, and after a perilous voyage landed at Quebec and set out for Montreal, where she opened a school. Returning to France in 1658, she secured several zealous assistants, and obtained ecclesiastical permission to form them into a religious society, which received the name of the congregation of Notre Dame. She again returned to France to obtain letters-patent from Louis XIV. for the confirmation of her institute, and the French monarch granted her request, accompanied with promises of protection. In 1672 she returned to Montreal, and enthusiastically set to work to perfect her institute. Although she founded many prosperous missions, she did not obtain a confirmation of the rules of her order till 1689, two years before her death. The bishop of Quebec hesitated many years before he could determine on giving his final approbation ; but he yielded at last, having become persuaded that Sister Bourgeois was a saint. For twenty years she had begged her sisters to elect another superioress in her place; her resignation was finally accepted in 1693, and for the rest of her life she performed the humblest offices in the convent she had founded.

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