Elisabeth Bruyère

Her story

We present the story of Elisabeth Bruyère by using the tableaus painted by Sr. Rita Lacombe. These tableaus can be found at the Mother House.

May you have a pleasant journey through the life of this extraordinary woman!

Bytown when the Sisters arrived – 1845

Bytown, a small town of ill-repute, had existed for less than twenty years when the Grey Nuns arrived in 1845.  The Sisters came at the request of Most Rev. Patrick Phelan, Bishop of Kingston, in order to open a school and a hospital and care for the needy and the orphans.

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