She came from France to Montreal in Quebec in 1653 and established the first school there. She founded the Congregation of Notre Dame, the first uncloistered congregation of Sisters in the New World. The French settlers in Quebec called her the “Mother of the Colony.”
Stained glass window of Saint in the Église Saint Willibrord, Montréal Verdun, Québec, Canada. Photo credit: ndoduc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
