On this International Women’s Day, we would like to introduce you to an exceptional woman, Sister Marie-Thérèse Lemoine-Despins, second superior of the Congregation. Born in Boucherville in 1722 into a […]
The Grey Nuns of Montreal have been supporting organizations fighting for greater social justice for many years. In 1977, the congregation founded Maison Marguerite to help women in difficulty. Until […]
On this Louis Riel Day, we present Sara Riel, the younger sister of the popular Métis leader. Born on October 11, 1848 in Rivière-Rouge (Saint-Boniface, Manitoba), she died on December […]
Did you know that the Montreal’s Grey Nuns’ Archives departement is one of only 42 archival services in Quebec to be accredited by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec? […]
Canada’s Agriculture Day is an opportunity to briefly present the story of sister Fernande Dumont (1922-1998), who used her experience to successfully grow vegetables in Canada’s Far North. Originally from […]
Yesterday, at the Maison de Mère d’Youville, the Historical Dendrochronology Research Group – HDRG carried out a dendrochronological analysis of certain beams in the oldest part of the House, which […]
Today is World Cancer Day. Records show that as early as 1947, the Grey Nuns of the United States became involved in cancer research, opening a specialized cancer research center […]
International Day of Education is an opportunity to highlight the work of the nuns at the Grey Nuns Family Institute. Located at the Mother House, this institute was in operation […]
On January 18, 1701, Marguerite d’Youville’s parents, Christophe du Frost de la Jemmerais and Marie-Renée Gaultier, were united in Varennes, on Montreal’s South Shore. The witnesses to this marriage show […]
To counteract Blue Monday, the nickname given in 2005 to the supposedly most depressing day of the year, we’re sharing some sunny photographs from Africa!
This website uses cookies to improve your browsing experience and for statistical purposes.
Functional and statistics cookies
Always active
We use cookies and other related technologies to ensure that certain parts of our website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make your visit easier. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We also use statistics cookies to optimize your experience. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. In the absence of a subpoena, voluntary compliance by your Internet service provider or additional third-party records, however, information stored or retrieved for this sole purpose generally cannot be used to identify you. For more information, please consult our cookie policy and our privacy policy.
Preferences
Storage or technical access is necessary for the legitimate interest of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or the person using the service.
Statistics
Storage or technical access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.We use audience measurement tools that generate anonymous visit statistics and allow us to improve our website and its visibility.
Marketing
Storage or technical access is necessary to create user profiles for sending advertisements or to track the user on a website or on multiple websites with similar marketing purposes.