Congrégation de Notre-Dame

LC control no.	nr2005012795
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Congrégation de Notre-Dame *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Congregation of Notre-Dame Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal
Located	Montréal (Québec)
Address	2330 Sherbrooke Ouest Montréal Québec Canada H3H 1G8
Field of activity	Christian education Church and education
Found in	La vie de la soeur Marguerite Bourgeois ..., 1728: title page (Congregation de Notre-Dame) Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre-Dame, 1665-1700, 2005. Le Solfège à l'école, c1960: title page (Congrégation de Notre-Dame) title page verso (Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal) Congrégation de Notre-Dame WWW site, viewed January 4, 2024 Notre Histoire page (Catholic women's congregation; the first non-cloistered women's religious community in North America, founded in Ville-Marie (now Montreal) in the 17th century by Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, a native of Troyes (France); the community was self-supporting; in Marguerite's time the Congrégation was made up of French and North-American sisters of French, Amerindian and English descent; her educational endeavor spread beyond Montréal to Quebec City and the villages along the St-Lawrence River; her community can now be found in Canada, the United States, Japan, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, France and Cameroon)
Invalid LCCN	nb2008003105 n 2009015800