Saint marguerite bourgeoys biography of william hill
St Marguerite Bourgeoys (), canonized in , is a key figure in Canadian and religious history as a founder of Montreal and of the international..
Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700)
foundress of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame
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MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS was born in Troyes, in the province of Champagne (France), on Good Friday, April 17, 1620.
She was baptized on the same day in the church of Saint-Jean, a church that was located near her home.
This sequel to the early biography charts the establishment of a radically innovative religious community of uncloistered women - the first in the New World.
Marguerite was the sixth child in a family of twelve. Her parents were Abraham Bourgeoys and Guillemette Gamier, and she was privileged to grow up in a milieu that was middle class and thoroughly Christian.
Marguerite was nineteen years of age when she lost her mother.
In the following year, 1640, in the course of a procession held on October 7 in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, she had an unforgettable experience. Her eyes rested on a statue of the Blessed Virgin, and at that moment she felt inspired to withdraw from the world and to consecrate herself to the service of God.
With that unchanging fidelity to what she believed to be God's wi