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Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon (7 February 1840 – 17 August 1881), born as Élisabeth Turgeon, was a Canadian religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary.
She left to mourn 14 professed Sisters as well as a novice and two postulants. From 1881 to 2015, 1,005 young women have committed their lives to follow Elisabeth Turgeon. The Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary today are present in Quebec, the United States, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
Aug 17, 2024 · A great proponent of devotion to the Blessed Virgin, Blessed Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon (feast day, Aug. 17) chose “All for Jesus through Mary” as the motto of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.
Feb 4, 2020 · Blessed Marie Elisabeth Turgeon. Elisabeth Turgeon was born February 7, 1840, in Beaumont (Quebec) Canada. She was the fifth child of nine that would be born to Louis-Marc Turgeon and Angele Labrecque. Elisabeth was always sickly but was blessed with a brilliant mind. When she was 15, her dad died.
Sep 17, 2014 · VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of of Marie-Elisabeth Turgeon, the Canadian founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. The Pope recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Turgeon, who was born in Beaumont, Quebec, in 1840, and died in Rimouski, Quebec, in 1881.
Elisabeth Turgeon was born on February 7, 1840, in Beaumont (Quebec), the fifth of a family of ten children. A gifted student, she would have liked to continue her education, but the death of her father when she is only fifteen, leads her to help her mother bringing up her four younger sisters.
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Today, April 26, 2015, the Church in Canada, together with the Archdiocesan Church of Rimouski, joyfully welcomes a new Blessed with the Beatification of Élisabeth Turgeon, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.
