Notre-Dame-de-l’Espérance Sanatorium

Notre-Dame-de-l’Espérance Sanatorium, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts In 1914, the Sisters begin work at the Notre-Dame-de-l’Espérance Sanatorium in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts in the Laurentian Mountains. Nuns and lay people go there to rest and treatment of tuberculosis. The modest-sized facility never accepts more than 45 patients depending on the year. Grey Nuns Sanatorium, Sainte-Agathe, undated. Post Card: author unknown. Grey Nuns […]

Motherhouse, Eating

Eating The various residents of the Motherhouse eat their meals in different refectories or dining rooms, while the Nuns eat in the community refectory. Until the 1960s meals are eaten in silence while a Sister reads aloud from scripture, newspapers and other approved books. Meals are served by Nuns assigned to this task, who also […]

Farm of the Hospice Lajemmerais

Farm of the Hospice Lajemmerais, Varennes Founded in 1859, the Hospice Lajemmerais in Varennes houses an orphanage, a wing where the elderly reside, a section for adult boarders and also a kindergarten. The early years are very difficult with the Nuns living in conditions described in the mission chronicles as heroic. The most severe poverty […]