 Our Elderly
Giving Hope to Victims of Disasters
Sister Rita Gagné at Angèle-Mérici Centre
Educators' Convention of the Peruvian Ursuline Family
Paying Tribute to Mother St-Raphaël Founder of the Roberval Ursulines
30 Years Serving Problematic Persons
An Ursuline Decorated for her Outstanding Work
Our Québec Elderly
Three Ursulines are Centennials and over in Québec
 ‘’Oak’’ Jubilee of Sister Germaine Belles-Isles in Rimouski. Sister Germaine lives at the Health Centre of Rimouski. ’ She is always cheerful, laughs a lot, and also hears and sees everything ‘’. She enjoys visitors and looks at TV, especially Bugs Bunny. She loves to pray; it makes her happy, she says. She is in good health and enjoys company, although maintaining a profound interior life far from daily preoccupations. 2009 underlines both events: her 108 years of age and her 80th anniversary of religious profession. This is true rareness. This is called an ‘’oak’’ jubilee because one has to be as sturdy as an oak to reach to reach the age of 108. On June 20, Bishop Pierre-André Fournier celebrated mass with the Sisters of her community and a few relatives. Excerpt from M. Emie Wells – published May 6 - in : LE PROGES-ECHO ET LE RIMOUSKOIS.
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The year 1929, for many of us, is synonomous of the Great Depression. But, for Sister Simone Morin, it represents the official opening of her religious life, a vocation which keeps ever blooming for 80 years. A member of the community of the Ursulines of Magog, formerly living in the Stanstead Monastery where she pronounced her first vows on March 19, 1929. Many Ursuline colleagues and notables celebrated this happy jubilee lately with deep emotion. We all recognise the wonderful personality and the quick-witedness of our jubilarian, in spite of her reaching the age of 102 next July. One could easily give her 20 years younger. Born at Ascot Corner, Sister Simone had been long teaching at the Ursuline College of Stanstead, and at the same time had been responsible for different groups. From 1960 to 1972, she was appointed Coucillor General of her Order. ‘’Educating and teaching are demanding. In my younger days I felt Jesus’ call to religious life, and I have never regretted my decision. I have always been happy with my choice’’, she most serenely states. Sister Simone is unable to identify the secret of her longevity and good health. Nevertheless, her Superior thinks it depends on her regular good habits. ‘’She maintains healthy and possesses great wisdom. Never does she judge others and always remains positive, ’ said Sister Helene Plourde, Superior of the community. Excerpt by M. Patrick Trudeau, from the local news paper Le Reflet du Lac, published on March 19, 2009.
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Sister Marie-Emmanuel Chabot celebrated her hundreth anniversary on November 19, 2008. She lives in the Monastery of Québec. Clear-headed and interested in everything, she glides around the corrodors in the monastery, and participates in community activities, sharing her Irish wit. Along with her apostolic mission, she published divers books on Marie de l’Incarnation, as well as the history of the Ursulines of Stanstead. Here is the tribute offered on her centenial anniversary last November: 
Anniversary whose cup is overflowing
A cup sparkling with thanksgiving,
We offer the Lord with joy and affection.
For the radiant woman you are,
For the prolific writer,
For all the talents you have multiplied
Of which we have benefitted,
For the witnessing of your happy life We sayyou THANK YOU !
You invite us to walk in your steps.
May the Lord who, every morning, renews His Love
Continue blessing you and accompanying you.
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Renewal of Hope for Victims of Disasters The disaster affecting Chincha, Pisco and Ica, Peru, witnessed the opening of hearts and hands ready to renew hope to the survivors. Young sisters from different communities of Lima, including the Ursulines, after having followed a special training, went to the site to help people traumatized by this catastrophy. The project was called: ‘’Rebuilding my Interior Home ‘’............ Top
Sister Rita Gagné at the Angela-Merici Center The Angela-Merici Centre (CAM) was organized following a colloquium in Bayonne, France, in 1995; every year, it set upspiritual formation, - pedagogical or theological - for the staff of the schools supervised by the Ursulines of the Roman Union. For 12 years, Sister Rita Gagné, from Québec, has given this formation inspired by the spirit and pedagogy of Angela Merici. We can see her – on this photo - on the right.
Top The Ursuline Family Educators Convention in Iquitos, Peru A first convention of the Ursuline Family Educators assembled 120 teachers from divers Ursuline Schools, Peru, at Notre-Dame College of Fatima in August 2006. In order to deepen Angela’s pedagogy, a relationship was founded on the love and the strength of unity. Seeds are promissing ! Top Tribute to Mother St-Raphaël, Founder of the Roberval Ursulines On December 2007, in Roberval, Québec, the committee, ‘’Tribute to the builders’’ wished to pay honor to Mother St-Raphaël, founder of the Roberval Ursulines ( 1838-1920). A bronze bust, of this Ursuline who arrived in 1882 in Roberval was realized by M. Léonard Simard. Sister Huguette Boily, Superior, recalled the hardships of the foundation, and the important place she played for young students and farmers of the region. This monument remains permanently on the plot near the Monastery which burned down completely in 2002. Top Thirty years Spent Among Handicapped People In Baie Comeau, where Sister Jeannette Lord worked at the Accueil Marie de l’Incarnation, on the End of November, 2007, Pierre Morissette Bishop of Baie Comeau presented her the prize called Mgr-Napoléon-Alexandre-Labrie, for her commitment to unwed mothers and their children. Top An Ursuline from Québec, Honored for Her Remakable Work The Order of Canada, highest honor attributed in Canada, was offered to Sister Estelle Lacoursière, a Trois-Rivières Ursuline, in December 2007.  As teacher at the University of Québec in Trois-Rivières, from 1069 to 2000, and as author of science and nature popularization, Sister Estelle is an ardent and strong protector of the environment. Tirelessly, she organizes, with great conviction and passion, seminars and meetings. Many other honors have been bestowed upon her, one of which, The Order of Québec, in 2001.
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