Ursulines
A religious order of women, in the Roman Catholic Church,
founded in 1535 at Brescia, by Angela Merici. The order was established
in France in 1584, and spread to Germany and other European countries.
In 1639 four members of the order, Madame de la Peltrie, Marie de
l'Incarnation, Marie de St. Bernard, and another not named, sailed from
Dieppe for Quebec, where they were lodged at first in wooden huts, in
what is now the Lower Town. Three years later, they took possession of
the massive stone convent still occupied by the order. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era)
Establishment of convent, 8; Laval lodges with, for a time, 33; their
educational work, 125; its great influence for good, 155; convent
destroyed by fire, 210. (Count Frontenac era) Foundation of convent, 28, 30; Marguerite
Bourgeoys urged to join, 39. (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Take refuge in general hospital, 115;
and render assistance there, 153; return to their convent, 237. =Bib.=:
Les Ursulines de Quebec.
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