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The history of the Ursulines in Quebec begins on 1 August 1639, when its first members landed in Canada. The monastery was established under the leadership of Mother (now Saint) Marie of the Incarnation (1599–1672), an Ursuline nun of the monastery in Tours, and Madame Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la Peltrie (1603–1671), a rich widow from ...
The decor of the Ursuline chapel of Quebec is acknowledged as being one of the most beautiful wood sculpture ensembles in the Province of Quebec. This work of art was created by Pierre-Noel Levasseur between 1690 and 1736 and gilded by the Ursulines between 1736 and 1739. It was reintegrated into the new chapel built in 1901.
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The architectural complex of the Ursulines of Québec monastery was built in phases from the 17th to the 20th century. The main wings were laid out around an interior court, in the fashion of 17th century French convents. The oldest buildings preserved the style specific to the French Regime—stone walls with white plaster, tin roofs, and ...
The Musée des Ursulines de Québec is an art and history museum whose mission is to preserve and present the rich heritage of the oldest teaching order in the province, based in Quebec city since 1639. With their first museum in 1936, the Ursulines revealed a treasure that had never before been shown to the general public. Through these ...
Nov 24, 2009 · The Ursulines founded many famous institutions, including the École des Ursulines (1639) and Académie Sainte-Ursule (1854) in Quebec City. In higher education, they established the liberal arts based Ursuline College (1919) as Canada’s only institution of higher learning for women, now called Brescia University and affiliated with Western ...
The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress Angela Merici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula. While the Ursulines took up a monastic way of life under the Rule of Saint Augustine, the Angelines operate as a secular institute. The largest group within the Ursulines is the Ursulines of the Roman Union.
The Ursulines of Quebec established several monasteries in the Province of Quebec, namely, Roberval (1882), Stanstead (1884), Merici in Quebec City (1902), and Rimouski (1906). Each of these new monasteries would in turn establish new communities in the United States, and in the Provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick and British Columbia.
