Marguerite Bourgeoys And the Congregation of Notre Dame, 1665-1700 (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion) (Volume 42)

Simpson shows that the order faced great resistance from the male church hierarchy despite the fact that the pioneer society depended on the work of the Congregation. The order was particularly important in assuming the guardianship of many filles du roi - young women sent to New France under royal auspices to be married to the men of the colony. Simpson also examines the many difficulties the Congregation faced, which included natural disasters and the dangers faced in trying to reach women and children in settlements throughout New France, as far away as Acadia. "In her sequel to the biography of Marguerite Bourgeoys' early years, Patricia Simpson slows that the Congregation faced great resistance from the church hierarchy, despite the fact that New France and the church depended on their educational work. The order was particularly important in assuming the guardianship of many filles du roi - young women sent to New France under royal auspices as wives for the men of the colony. Simpson also examines the many difficulties the Congregation faced, which included natural disasters and the dangers faced in trying to reach women and children in settlements throughout New France, sometimes as far away as Acadia."--Résumé de l'éditeur "In her sequel to the biography of Marguerite Bourgeoys' early years, Patricia Simpson slows that the Congregation faced great resistance from the church hierarchy, despite the fact that New France and the church depended on their educational work. The order was particularly important in assuming the guardianship of many filles du roi - young women sent to New France under royal auspices as wives for the men of the colony. Simpson also examines the many difficulties the Congregation faced, which included natural disasters and the dangers faced in trying to reach women and children in settlements throughout New France, sometimes as far away as Acadia."--Jacket Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700) was canonized in 1982. This sequel to Patricia Simpson's biography of Bourgeoys' early life charts the establishment of a radically innovative religious community of uncloistered women-the first in the New World. Simpson goes beyond myth and hagiography to explore Bourgeoys' thirty-year struggle to obtain official recognition for the Congregation of Notre Dame. This sequel to Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665 is concerned with the life of Marguerite Bourgeoys from the end of the so-called "heroic age" of Montreal until her death.