The Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois

Produced by D. Garcia, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks,

THE LIFE OF VENERABLE SISTER MARGARET BOURGEOIS, - FOUNDRESS OF THE SISTERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF NOTRE DAME. - ESTABLISHED AT MONTREAL, CANADA, 1659. - TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH - BY A RELIGIEUSE, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. - AUTHOR'S PREFACE

CHAPTER I. - THE DISCOVERY OF CANADA AND COLONIZATION OF MONTREAL. - CHAPTER II. - MESSRS. DAUVERSIERE AND DE MAISONNEUVE VISIT MONTREAL - CHAPTER III. - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOTEL DIEU—ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS FOR CANADA, ETC. - CHAPTER IV. - EARLY YEARS OF MARGARET BOURGEOIS AND HER VOCATION FOR THE CANADIAN MISSION - CHAPTER V. - MARGARET BOURGEOIS, AFTER MANY TRIALS AND MORTIFICATIONS, AT LENGTH SAILS WITH M. DE MAISONNEUVE FOR CANADA - CHAPTER VI. - SISTER BOURGEOIS'S ARRIVAL IN CANADA - CHAPTER VII. - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SISTERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF NOTRE DAME AT VILLE-MARIE - CHAPTER VIII. - M. FRANCOIS DE LAVAL DE MONTMORENCI IS APPOINTED FIRST BISHOP OF CANADA—SISTER BOURGEOIS SUCCEEDS IN BUILDING THE CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME - CHAPTER IX. - THE RULES OF THE CONGREGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MISSIONS - CHAPTER X. - THE PRIVATE AND SOCIAL VIRTUES OF SISTER BOURGEOIS - CHAPTER XI. - SISTER BOURGEOIS'S HAPPY DEATH AND THE WONDERS THAT FOLLOWED IT - CHAPTER XII. - THE EXCELLENCE OF HER INSTITUTES, HER MAXIMS, INSTITUTIONS, ETC. - CHAPTER XIII. - A RECAPITULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE LIFE OF SISTER BOURGEOIS - CONCLUSION - LIFE OF THE VENERABLE SISTER MARGARET BOURGEOIS.

CHAPTER II. - MESSRS. DAUVERSIERE AND DE MAISONNEUVE VISIT MONTREAL.

CHAPTER III. - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOTEL DIEU—ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS FOR CANADA, ETC.

CHAPTER IV. - EARLY YEARS OF MARGARET BOURGEOIS, AND HER VOCATION FOR THE CANADIAN MISSION.

CHAPTER V. - MARGARET BOURGEOIS, AFTER MANY TRIALS AND MORTIFICATIONS, AT LENGTH SAILS WITH M. DE MAISONNEUVE FOR CANADA.

CHAPTER VI. - SISTER BOURGEOIS' ARRIVAL IN CANADA.

CHAPTER VII. - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SISTERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF NOTRE DAME AT VILLE-MARIE.

CHAPTER VIII. - M. FRANCOIS DE LAVAL DE MONTMORENCI IS APPOINTED FIRST BISHOP OF CANADA—SISTER BOURGEOIS SUCCEEDS IN BUILDING THE CHURCH OF "NOTRE DAME DE BON SECOURS."