 | Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame, 1665-1700 Subjects: Bourgeoys Marguerite Saint 1620–1700; Congregation of Notre-Dame -- History; Nuns -- Québec (Province) -- Biography; Christian saints -- Quebec (Province) -- Biography; Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700) was canonized in 1982. Patricia Simpson goes beyond myth and hagiography to explore Bourgeoys's dream of establishing a radically new religious community of women, recounting her thirty-year struggle to obtain official recognition for the Congregation of Notre Dame. Simpson Patricia : Patricia Simpson is coordinator of research services at the Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum in Old Montreal, the author of Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665, and co-author of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours: A Chapel and Its Neighbourhood. |
