Person An individual. Birth Date 1620 Birthplace Troyes, France Death Date 1700 Place of Death Montréal, Québec, Canada Occupation teacher; author; religious sister Languages Spoken or Written French Biographical Text In her hometown of Troyes, France she worked with a convent as a non-cloistered member and came to what is now Canada in 1653. She opened a boarding girls’ school in Montreal in 1658, and later she opened a school for Indigenous children in La Montagne On the 2nd of July 1659 she founded the Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal. This was originally uncloistered and followed the Catholic faith. In the 1660s she opened a domestic arts school and primary school in Quebec. While she was alive she was regarded as a saint, however, she was not Canonized until 1982. Bibliography https://cnd-m.org/en/marguerite-bourgeoys/ Associated Course Select the course for which this item is created, if applicable. Conflict and Change in Early Canadian History (Carleton HIST 1301) Student Cataloguer Enter your student name here if this item is part of a course activity. Fiona Johnstone Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bourgeoys, Marguerite (known as du Saint-Sacrement) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1620 – 1653 Troyes, France – was attending The The Congrégation de Notre-Dame and was part of a non-cloistered group of women who met there (at age 33) 1653-1658 girls’ school in Montreal. She found few children there because of the high rate of infant mortality but persisted and founded the school. 1658 – returned to France to bring back staff for the school. 1670 – petitioned the king, after travelling to Paris to support her institution and grant her letters of patent. in 1671 he did so. Returned to New France with 3 neices. 1676 – opened a boarding school in Ville Marie at the request of local families 1678 – establishes a mission in the village of Montagne, a first nations community 1680 – returned to France 1692- A school for girls from poorer families is opened in Quebec. 1693 – resigns from her post as head of the Montreal house, (mother superior). 1698 began a book after becoming cloistered earlier that same year Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New France Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Simpson, Patricia. Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665. Montréal, Qué: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1997. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bourgeoys_marguerite_1E.html Type The nature or genre of the resource Person