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Certificate of accreditation

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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? […]

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Canada’s Agriculture Day

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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 […]

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Dendrochronological analysis

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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 […]

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World Cancer Day

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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 […]

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International Day of Education

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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 […]

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Marriage

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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 […]

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Sunny photographs from Africa

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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!

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Nazareth Institute

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Did you know that the Nazareth Institute, a school for visually impaired persons, was the first institution in North America to teach Braille? Right from the start, the nuns wanted […]

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Cross of fire

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On the evening of December 23 [1771], as the tearful sisters surrounded the inanimate remains of their Mother, one of the city’s leading citizens, Jean Delisle de Lacailleterie, “well known […]

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