Métairie Saint-Joseph, A Prosperous and Model Farm

A Prosperous and Model Farm From its beginning, the farm provides food and milk to the Hôtel-Dieu of Nicolet and the Christ-Roi Orphanage. In 1918 there are 318 residents including Nuns, orphans, children, elderly, and lay employees at the Hôtel-Dieu itself; this increases rapidly to nearly 373 residents at the Hôtel-Dieu in 1940 and nearly […]

Métairie Saint-Joseph, The Beginnings

Métairie Saint-Joseph, Nicolet The Beginnings The Sisters of Charity of the Hôtel-Dieu of Nicolet, a sister congregation of Montréal, acquire in 1895 the farm of Charles McCaffey, becoming owners of four-hundred acres of land, several outbuildings and a maple grove of 1,400 trees. It is located some twenty acres from the Hôtel-Dieu of Nicolet itself. […]