The Life of Venerable Sister Margaret BourgeoisAnonymous
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The Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois
Anonymous
Bourgeoys, Marguerite, Saint, 1620-1700
Sacrament, as it is still observed in the Congregation, and after the
death of the Foundress she donated the necessary funds for rebuilding
the boarding-schools according to the plan that Sister Bourgeois had
explained to her. She also _endowed_ the new institution with royal
munificence, and founded in perpetuity the _Community-Mass_, which has
never ceased to be annually celebrated since her time. In one word, she
unceasingly bestowed benefits on the community of her love. It may not
be out of place here to enumerate a few of the many missions established
by the holy Foundress. In her earlier archives we find the following
names: "The Holy Family," in the isle of Orleans, Quebec,
Chateau-richer, Pointe-aux-Trembles, l'Isle Royal, Champlain, La
Prairie, and Boucherville.
CHAPTER X.
THE PRIVATE AND SOCIAL VIRTUES OF SISTER BOURGEOIS.
After what has been already related, it might appear that the labors of
Sister Bourgeois were happily ended by the establishment of her
Congregation. She had a flourishing institute at Montreal, and a fervent
and numerous community, that was well prepared to meet the future
exigencies of the diocese, and to supply new missions (when such were
needed) with holy and capable subjects. It is true there was still no
properly authorized or approved rule, but she had the necessary
formulas, which were strictly observed, while expecting the time
appointed by Divine Providence for ecclesiastical approbation, and she
felt _interiorly_ assured that this would come. She had given her
daughters an example of the most heroic virtues, most of her actions
being really of the heroic order, and such as might have been expected
from a daughter of predestination. In every sense of the word, she had a
truly great soul. In the routine of daily life, she was to her Sisters a
perfect model. She gave them frequently instructions suitable to their
strength, and proper to excite their zeal and fervor in the duty of a
_community life_ to which they aspired. We will now see, or rather
admire, her extraordinary love of suffering, which very few could
imitate.
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