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Marguerite Bourgeoys Biographical Detail -born in France i=
n 1620; -received her cal=
l to
serve while participating in a procession held in 1640; -immediately beca=
me a
member of the Congregation of Troyes and began teaching young children =
in
the poor districts; -in 1653 she left=
France
to begin her missionary work with the instruction of French and Indian
children in Montreal; -in 1655 she rall=
ied
colonists to build a chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame de Bon Secours in
Montreal; -in 1658 she open=
ed her
first school in Montreal for under privileged girls; -she died in Mont=
real in 1700
and was canonized in October 1982 by Pope John Paul II; -she gave the Can=
adian
Church its first woman saint. Religious Education -St. Marguerite=
8217;s first
school used education to connect the religious and social developmen=
t of
its students; -she was inclusiv=
e of all
students but especially the girls, the poor and the natives; -education consis=
ted of
literacy, religious instruction, home economics and the arts; -St. Marguerite w=
orked
personally with families, assisted in faith formation in the parish and
addressed the social needs of the people; -she was known as=
the
‘mother of the colony’ due to the ability she had to tailor=
her
instruction to meet the needs of the women and young girls which whom s=
he
worked with; -St. Marguerite=
8217;s
educative and apostolic efforts continue even now through the commitmen=
t of
the members of the community that she founded that continue to use the
church as a source of spiritual nourishment. Insightful Quotes Marguerite insisted that school must =
be
free for all. “To be able to give free instruction, =
the
sisters content themselves with a minimum, do without everything and li=
ve
sparsely everywhere.”
