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ON HER LIFE. Discover all stages of Marguerite d’Youville’s life in pictures. Marie-Marguerite Bourgeois was born on October 15, 1701 at Varennes, Quebec, the first child of Christopher Dufrost de Lajemmerais and Marie-Renée Gaultier de Varennes. The following day, she was baptized in the parish church of St. Anne.
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Jun 15, 2024 · Enduring a seriously dysfunctional marriage and being left a widow, Saint Marguerite d’Youville did not give in to despair. Rather, she founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, the “Grey Nuns,” rescued a failing hospital, and cared for the sick.
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Foundress of the Sisters of Charity, the Grey Nuns of Canada. St. Marguerite D'Youville was born at Varennes, Quebec, on October 15, Marie Marguerite Dufrost de La Jemmerais. She studied under the Ursulines, married Francois D'Youville in 1722, and became a widow in 1730. She worked to support ...
Oct 16, 2023 · Although St. Marguerite was beautiful and charming, she was jilted by the man who was courting her since she was from a lower class. Later, in 1722, she married François d’Youville. Sadly, he was unfaithful and involved in illegal activities, including bootlegging, and made poor financial decisions.
Marie Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771) foundress of the Sisters of Charity. photo. MARGUERITE d'YOUVILLE, the first native Canadian to be elevated to sainthood, was born October 15, 1701 at Varennes, Quebec. She was the eldest of six children born to Christophe Dufrost de Lajemmerais and Marie-Renée Gaultier. Her father died when she was ...
Marguerite d'Youville, SGM (French pronunciation: [maʁɡʁit djuvil]; October 15, 1701 – December 23, 1771) was a French Canadian widow who founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the "Grey Nuns".
Name the trouble, and St. Marguerite d’Youville of Quebec, Canada, suffered it: her father’s early death, poverty, an unfaithful husband, a nasty mother-in-law, infant deaths, bankruptcy, fire, ridicule, persecution, and more.
