{"id":6575,"date":"2023-11-11T16:25:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T21:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2023-12-06T16:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:29:32","slug":"parish-school-in-saint-francois-xavier-manitoba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/en\/uncategorized\/parish-school-in-saint-francois-xavier-manitoba\/","title":{"rendered":"Parish school in Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier (Manitoba)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>173 years ago today, at the request of Bishop Provencher, sisters Eulalie Lagrave and Hedwige Lafrance founded a parish school in Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier, Manitoba, 19 miles southwest of Winnipeg. The parish was originally named &#8220;Prairie du Cheval Blanc&#8221;. In addition to teaching, the sisters maintained the sacristy and rectory, and made home visits to poor and sick people. When the nuns arrived, the population of Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier was made up of Cree, Sauteux, Sioux and M\u00e9tis, and numbered around 500.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6569\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6569 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399354787_733633848808216_473712769155320598_n-700x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399354787_733633848808216_473712769155320598_n-700x473.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399354787_733633848808216_473712769155320598_n-250x169.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399354787_733633848808216_473712769155320598_n-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399354787_733633848808216_473712769155320598_n-120x81.jpg 120w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399354787_733633848808216_473712769155320598_n-416x281.jpg 416w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399354787_733633848808216_473712769155320598_n-89x60.jpg 89w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399354787_733633848808216_473712769155320598_n-133x90.jpg 133w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399354787_733633848808216_473712769155320598_n.jpg 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ASGM, L009-01, Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Convent, Manitoba, First convent, before 1915<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6571\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6571 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-700x401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-700x401.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-250x143.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-304x174.jpg 304w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-608x348.jpg 608w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-120x69.jpg 120w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-416x238.jpg 416w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-105x60.jpg 105w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n-157x90.jpg 157w, https:\/\/sgm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399372430_733633832141551_5966882011460994212_n.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ASGM, L009-29-09, Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Convent, Manitoba, Student Group, n.d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"173 years ago today, at the request of Bishop Provencher, sisters Eulalie Lagrave and Hedwige Lafrance founded a parish school in Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier, Manitoba, 19 miles southwest of Winnipeg. 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