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  1. 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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      Discover the amazing destiny of Marguerite d’Youville, first...

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  2. 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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  3. St. Marguerite d’Youville is the first native-born Canadian to become a canonized saint in the Catholic Church. Marguerite was born in Varennes, Quebec, just outside Montreal on October 15, 1701. Her father was an army officer and a member of the bourgeoisie.

  4. 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.

  5. Feastday: October 16. Patron: of widows, difficult marriages, death of young children. Birth: October 15, 1701. Death: December 23, 1771. Beatified: 1959 by Pope John XXIII. Canonized: December 9, 1990, Vatican Basilica, by Pope John Paul II. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. Marguerite d'Youville.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

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