Date Published:
July 2008

L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia

Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. This Congregation was founded at Longueuil, Quebec, in 1843, by Mgr. Ignace Bourget, the Rev. Father Allard, O.M.I., and Mother Marie-Rose. It plays an important part in the field of Catholic education in Canada, and conducts a large number of schools throughout the Dominion. Its activities extend also to the United States, to Basutoland, and to Japan. The mother-house was transferred in 1860 to Hochelaga, and in 1925 to Outremont, Montreal.

Source: W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Volume VI, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 398p., p. 22.