Margareta Bourgeoys

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Portrait of Marguerite Bourgeoy by Pierre le Ber (around 1700)

Margareta Bourgeoys (born April 17, 1620 in Troyes , † January 12, 1700 in Montreal ; actually Marguerite Bourgeoys ) is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church . She worked as an educator in New France . She founded a school and in 1658 the Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montreal ("Sisters of Our Lady"). She was beatified in 1950 and canonized in 1982.

Life

As a 20-year-old, Margareta Bourgeoys turned away from worldly life after being deeply moved at the sight of a statue of the Virgin Mary during a procession. She joined the Marian Congregation and became its prefect. The governor of the French colony Ville-Marie (Montreal) in New France, who visited his sister in Troyes, suggested that she move to the American continent in 1653. In the same year she opened a girls' school there. Last but not least, she took care of the king's daughters ( filles du Roi ). On a visit to France, she won over four young women to join her. With them she founded the Institute of Our Lady in Montreal. On another trip to France from 1669 to 1671, she received a certificate of confirmation for the institute from Louis XIV . After a third trip to France, she returned to New France in 1680. The congregation's building was destroyed by fire in late 1683, killing two sisters. Margareta Bourgeoys started all over in a stable that was used as a school and apartment. Finally she was able to build a new monastery building. In 1698, the statutes of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal were approved by Bishop Jean-Baptiste de la Croix Chevrière de Saint-Vallier of Québec . In 1889 the community received from Pope Leo XIII. recognition as a congregation under papal law .

A museum on Rue Saint-Paul in Montreal has an exhibition about her life and work.

literature

in order of appearance

  • Paul Sausseret: Éloge historique de la sœur Marguerite Bourgeoys. Fondatrice de la Congrégation de Villemarie en Canada, née à Troyes, le 17 avril 1620 et décédée à Montréal, dans l'Amérique du Nord le 12 janvier 1700 . Dufey-Robert, Troyes 1864.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Margareta Bourgeoys. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 720-721.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Thérèse Lambert: Marguerite Bourgeoys, éducatrice, 1620-1700. Mère d'un pays et d'une Église . Éditions Bellarmin, Montréal 1978, ISBN 0-88502-255-6 .
  • Simone Poissant: Marguerite Bourgeoys, 1620-1700 . Éditions Bellarmin, Montréal 1982, ISBN 2-89007-476-5 .
  • Denis Coton: La vie héroïque de Marguerite Bourgeoys, 1620-1700. De Troyes à Montréal “sans voile ni guimpe” . Maison du Boulanger, Troyes 2001, ISBN 2-913052-05-3 .

Web links

Commons : Marguerite Bourgeoys  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simone Poissant: Marguerite Bourgeoys, 1620-1700 (English translation). Éditions Bellarmin, Montréal, 2nd edition 1993, ISBN 2-89007-754-3 , p. 64.
  2. ^ A Museum at the Heart of Montreal
personal data
SURNAME Bourgeoys, Margareta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bourgeoys, Marguerite
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saints of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1620
PLACE OF BIRTH Troyes
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1700
Place of death Montreal