Foundation of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

Foundation, in Longueuil, of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary “to give a religious education to the poorest and most abandoned children”. (Chronicles, 1850)

Beginning in Longueuil of the postulate of Eulalie Durocher and two companions, Mélodie Dufresne and Henriette Céré, under the direction of Father Jean-Marie François Allard, OMI.