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L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia
Sisters of Ste. Jeanne d'Arc
Sisters of Ste. Jeanne d'Arc. The Congregation of the Sisters of Ste. Jeanne d'Arc was founded on Christmas day, 1914, at Worcester, Massachusetts, by the Rev. Father M. Clement, A.A. Three years later (on September 29, 1917), the centre of the Congregation was transferred to Quebec. The following year, the mother-house was established at Bergerville, near Quebec. The Congregation devotes itself to the sanctification of its members and the spiritual and temporal service of the priesthood. It serves the priesthood in a spiritual way by prayer and in a material way by taking charge of domestic work in rectories, seminaries, ecclesiastical colleges, and apostolic schools. The Institute is ready to accept houses in which aged or retired priests may live a life of prayer and of peace, receiving the care which their age and condition of health demand. The Institute has 56 foundations, with 272 Sisters, of whom 233 are professed.
Source: W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Volume VI, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 398p., p. 17. |
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