marie née january april known marie canadian widow undertook charitable care struggling mothers work congregation sisters cause studied vatican pope francis declared born raised quebec married children died young moved montreal husband died cholera collaboration montreal engaged charitable care mothers time montreal mothers attracted significant social stigma operated initially home homes children later aid women worked series buildings known took religious vows women founded roman catholic religious institute known dedicated care mothers children obtained formal qualifications built convent corner street lived remainder life died death worked closely life proposed considered roman_catholic_church century later proposal effect cause opened early life born quebec january older daughters father farmer mother sister born march family roman catholic shortly birth baptized lived family home undertook brief education boarding convent located east montreal returned home loneliness weeks learn read later life appears learned write returning convent educated home crafts took communion age met travelling salesman named possibly family gathering married october brother uncle marriage time met wedding took husband known moved parents house undertook new career farmer house surrounding land donated parents condition parents allowed live death assume care sister age majority children died young prior death children born born born born born born anonymous born died born died born died born died seeking land order provide children inheritance family sold farm payment arrangement payment years waiting payments come lived rented property residing relatives children accompanied parents sister moved bought land later discovered seller relevant land leading late early majority family property following setback family moved montreal took residence borough saint joined congregation june husband died cholera victims year cholera epidemic leaving widowed responded husband death mourning wear black remainder life time eldest sons years old respectively employed eldest daughter rose engaged married july surviving children required care elderly mother following death mother maturity death remaining children found time free devote charitable activities sources describe incident influence future career living montreal visited house middle night prostitute seeking asylum sailors intentions violence hid woman night cellar fed change way life subsequently received letter woman informing woman emigrated united_states positive changes life including marriage case time montreal acquaintance met attendance saint cathedral spiritual director joined marie group formed pray conversion beginning began find crisis accommodation mothers approached confession help accommodation secret mothers carried significant social stigma time targets hostility kind woman undertook work helped women pregnancy recovery place women independent children offered women accommodation home birth child newborn baptised montreal notre dame church stand child response growing demand brought montreal burgeoning population began organised project assist mothers need crisis accommodation medical care work area efforts limited care illegitimate services existed aid mothers addition work grey address rate mothers concern roman_catholic_church activities existing religious community project hoped create new free traditions previous ties asked leading role agreed founded known operating attic house saint simon street montreal son leased widow named derived 5th century reformed chose martyr raped soldiers blessed dedicated shortly inception early conditions rudimentary consisting table chairs beds mothers called sleeping floor attic reached ladder exterior house reason new occupation unpopular mature children objected conditions dire poverty attempted dissuade new calling occasion going far begin moving belongings despite expanding operations provide accommodation seven women time july taking additional née widow addition helping mothers undertook fundraising activities behalf combined efforts attracted wealthy philanthropist provided money food later contributed building facilities moved address street owned new premises consisted storeys plus attic occupying house owner occupying expanded space provided room small chapel featuring mass held twice weekly allowed addition extra staff including second year operation host pregnant women saw birth july opened saint community placed assembled female staff program effectively established religious community proclaimed superior allowed women join community aim eventually taking religious vows designated spiritual canonical director delegated priest director later year direction later street premises expanded acquisition floor adjacent september joined community bringing large funds left late husband substantially enriched community despite additional funds women forced odd jobs outside ends meet time undertook occasional work elections held community november result appointed new superior period year named assistant december women community began wearing religious habit direction early owner street premises notified citing concern reputation new premises located corner catherine streets provided montreal businessman rent dollars year april moved new site epidemic swept montreal late montreal religious communities including staff called assist chaplain director priests religious sisters montreal killed disease died disease subsequently named father replacement director sisters january age took religious vows seven women worked attendance observers profession ceremony included leadership sisters providence founded years previously vows took religious reference role virgin mary christ women formed petitioned recognise institute recognition granted institute received ecclesiastical mandate live mercy jesus girls women situation children mothers families having difficult time institute religious community canada receive mission vows sisters traditional vows poverty obedience fourth assisting labour fallen girls women consequence form corps january elections held determine leadership new community election sister appointed mother superior councillor responsibility position left free undertake care ill including home visits visits prisons sources including book story courage compassion suggest offered position mother superior declined beginning january founders including commenced practical training young objective training better prepare sisters meet obligations fourth training lasted months concluded examination members result july women received formal certificates likely period years immediately following learned read write elected mother superior given position assistant time relationship women strained despite election result formal titles recorded referring short form religious occasion fool occasions period decisions discharge formal responsibilities imposed including barring communion election election held community late sisters liked montreal community early years institute locations sisters worked kept secret order protect single mothers public hostility prostitutes mothers occasions sisters brought church baptism garbage thrown people prayer reported leave sisters enter church sisters faced controversy public opinion medical profession initially response montreal doctors positive petitioned permission send students training granted objections sisters friction arose sisters students sisters want students present position shared mothers students rude dismissive patients combined non profit mandate friction hostility sisters montreal physicians came professional threat purchased land corner montreal use december following renovations pre existing structures land sisters moved new address work began convent institute planned building built grey stone financed borrowed money plans drawn montreal fires july destroyed homes saint cathedral result delaying construction projects city met sisters questioned fourth assisting labour abandoned consequence medical work physicians lay concerns stemmed pressure criticism montreal medical community desire expand membership sisters feared potential candidates necessity learning practicing craft took firm position retained citing general contempt held physicians sisters patients incompetence student doctors sisters primary competition expressed preference patients deal sisters doctors retreated face opposition matter raised years city montreal donated building located street convent use called corporation house use residence single mothers cared institute mothers charged rent sisters stayed late new elections held sisters mother superior given position councillor time elections gave sisters permission children baptism significant sisters supervising year requiring trip cathedral baptism widely recognised partly role mother superior partly brought community arrival understanding reflected published works time including album prepared visit institute late speech assembled community confirming eyes church receive credit congregation bestowed title mother religious confirmed second authority current mother superior community years beginning prior institute taking called practice formally recognised secondary order practice taking followed tradition originating europe religious orders place protection famous reformed roman catholic tradition took case recruited mothers wish leave care sisters recovering giving birth allowed religious vows live community particular rules dedication time program lasted mothers helped institute stayed later life death health significantly information particular conditions afflicted contradictory testimony family suggests ill years old fully recovered sources suggest known time chronic known time bright disease worsened following years symptoms observed contemporaries included difficulty breathing constant fits standing rest swollen legs displaying open case declining health ceased work stopped making house visits care ill convent spent days time convent dormitory request private room prepared moved room adjoining convent newly constructed chapel advised failing health visited april administered rites died shortly early hours april death witnessed said occasion witnessed blessed death sitting good sister sign cross asked virgin mary arranged prepare sleep high pitched voice said jesus noticed getting weaker brought light closer realized passed better life unexplained incidents associated death according book story courage compassion moment death unknown elderly sister holding observed women dormitory elderly sister recorded addressing ill telling brave confidence healed unknown sister left dormitory claims sisters mysteriously awakened night death following death wounds legs observed healed funeral held april chapel dignitaries attendance time death comprised professed religious women cause suggested mother superior gather contemporaries use possible future cause letter community said mother faith confidence protection obtain church formal declaration archbishop signed degree opening canonical inquiry beginning process roman_catholic_church ongoing eventually result elevation process overseen rome november tasked investigation cause officially opened granting title servant god steps inquiry object public cult trial drawn scrutiny secretary january decree signed acts archbishop read chancellor diocese following decree drafted presentation rome presenting evidence collected creating foundation elevation page july presented committee expert audience vatican monday december gave finding lived life heroic virtue known legacy operating presence countries multiple continents number buildings north_america named including milwaukee established toronto young parent resource centre new_york care comfort centre pregnant teens originally founded sisters care centre mothers babies childhood home today known open public months 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