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Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame, 1665-1700

Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame, 1665-1700

Simpson, Patricia

Hardcover

Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion, Book 42

Religion General General Christianity

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ISBN10: 0773529705
ISBN13: 9780773529700
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Dec 12 2005
Pages: 324
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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 shows that the order faced great resistance from the male church hierarchy despite the fact that the pioneer society depended on the work of the Congregation. The order was particularly important in assuming the guardianship of many filles du roi - young women sent to New France under royal auspices to be married to the men of the colony. Simpson also examines the many difficulties the Congregation faced, which included natural disasters and the dangers faced in trying to reach women and children in settlements throughout New France, as far away as Acadia.

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