Québec Week for Disabled Persons
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On the occasion of the Québec Week for Disabled Persons, we would like to highlight the work and dedication of the Grey Nuns with disabled children. They worked at the […]
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Lebanese Gitaoui Hospital
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In June 1964, Sisters Annette Dion and Lucille Ouellet, two Grey Nuns specialized in hospital administration, were sent to Beirut to help reorganize the Lebanese Gitaoui Hospital, then administered by […]
View articleRousselot Home (1943-2004)
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Like every Friday, we share with you one of the Grey Nuns of Montreal’s works. Today, we present the Foyer Rousselot. Intended to welcome blind residents, the Foyer Rousselot takes […]
View articleWorld Biodiversity Day
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On this World Biodiversity Day, we wanted to tell you about the work of the Grey Nuns beekeepers in Châteauguay. The apiary on St-Bernard island has its origins in a […]
View articleMay 18, General Hospital Fire
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On May 18, 1765, the General Hospital and much of Ville-Marie fell prey to fire. The walls of the hospital remained standing but the interior had to be completely rebuilt. […]
View articleNurses Day – Marguerite d’Youville Institute (1934-1967)
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For the International Nurses Day, here is the history of the Marguerite d’Youville Institute (1934-1967). In 1934 the Grey Nuns founded a School of Nursing of Higher Education affiliated with […]
View articleThe Youville Crèche [Nursery]
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Mother d’Youville received the first “foundling” at the Montreal General Hospital in 1754, beginning over two centuries of receiving & caring for abandoned children. A wing of the hospital was […]
View articleBon Jour Toi Center
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Exactly 35 years ago, Bishop Grégoire blessed the premises of the Bon Jour Toi Center, inaugurated two weeks earlier. Located at 1187 St-Mathieu Street, in the Saint-Mathieu Wing of the […]
View articleMaisonneuve Hospital (1949-1967)
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In 1949 the Grey Nuns accepted a proposal from the Provincial Health Minister to create a 500-bed hospital in Montreal’s east-end and the following year the Maisonneuve Hospital Corporation was […]
View articleFilm by Sr. Flore Barrette, s.g.m.
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Our viewing suggestion for you today is a film excerpt made in the 1950s by Sr. Flore Barrette, s.g.m. (1897-1984). The Chronicles of the Mother House Studio allow us to […]
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