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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys Jan. 12 breski1 on Jan 12, 2010 Marguerite Bourgeoys was born in Troyes, France, April 17th, 1620 the sixth of twelve children of devout parents. After her mother died, …More
Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys Jan. 12
breski1 on Jan 12, 2010 Marguerite Bourgeoys was born in Troyes, France, April 17th, 1620 the sixth of twelve children of devout parents. After her mother died, Marguerite at 19 took care of her brothers and sisters. Her father, a candle maker, died when she was twenty-seven. A few years later, the governor of Montreal, Canada, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve was in France looking for teachers for the New World. He invited Marguerite to come to Montreal to teach school and religion classes in 1653. She accepted the offer and traveled to New France in order to establish her own chapel and school. She is often considered to be one of the founders of Montreal, in New France. However because she was a woman, this status is often ignored, especially due to the circumstances under which women were governed in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
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Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys - January 12
The sixth of twelve children of devout parents. When Marguerite was 19 her mother died, and the young lady cared for her younger brothers and sisters; her father died when she was twenty-seven. The family raised, Marguerite prayed to know what to do with her life. The governor of Montreal, Canada, was in France looking for teachers for the New WorldMore
Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys - January 12
The sixth of twelve children of devout parents. When Marguerite was 19 her mother died, and the young lady cared for her younger brothers and sisters; her father died when she was twenty-seven. The family raised, Marguerite prayed to know what to do with her life. The governor of Montreal, Canada, was in France looking for teachers for the New World. He invited Marguerite to come to Montreal to teach school and religion classes. She agreed and spent the rest of her life in North America.
Marguerite gave away her share of her parents’ inheritance to other members of the family, and in 1653 sailed for Canada. She began construction of a chapel to honor Our Lady of Good Help, and opened her first school in 1658. She returned to France in 1659 to recruit more teachers, and returned with four; in 1670, she went to France again, and brought back six more. These brave women became the first sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame.
Marguerite and her sisters helped people in the colony survive when food was scarce, opened a vocational school, taught young people how to run a home and farm. Marguerite’s congregation grew to 18 sisters, seven of them Canadian. They opened missions, and two sisters taught at the Native American mission. Marguerite received the first two Native American women into the congregation.
In 1693, Mother Marguerite handed over her congregation to her successor, Marie Barbier, the first Canadian to join the order. Marguerite’s religious rule was approved by the Church in 1698, and Marguerite spent her last few years praying and writing an autobiography. On the last day of 1699, a young sister lay dying. Mother Marguerite asked the Lord to take her life in exchange. By the morning of 1 January 1700, the sister was completely well, Mother Marguerite had a raging fever, suffered 12 days, and died on 12 January 1700.
Born
17 April 1620 at Troyes, Aube, France
Died
12 January 1700 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada of fever
Venerated
19 June 1910 by Pope Saint Pius X
Beatified
12 November 1950 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized
31 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II
Patronage
against death of parents
against impoverishment
against poverty

people rejected by religious orders
poor people
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Thursday of the First week in Ordinary Time
1st book of Samuel 4:1-11.

The Philistines gathered for an attack on Israel. Israel went out to engage them in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
The Philistines then drew up in battle formation against Israel. After a fierce struggle Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who slew about four thousand men on the …More
Thursday of the First week in Ordinary Time

1st book of Samuel 4:1-11.

The Philistines gathered for an attack on Israel. Israel went out to engage them in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
The Philistines then drew up in battle formation against Israel. After a fierce struggle Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who slew about four thousand men on the battlefield.
When the troops retired to the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the LORD permitted us to be defeated today by the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the LORD from Shiloh that it may go into battle among us and save us from the grasp of our enemies."
So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the LORD of hosts, who is enthroned upon the cherubim. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were with the ark of God.
When the ark of the LORD arrived in the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth resounded.
The Philistines, hearing the noise of shouting, asked, "What can this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" On learning that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp,
the Philistines were frightened. They said, "Gods have come to their camp." They said also, "Woe to us! This has never happened before.
Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with various plagues and with pestilence.
Take courage and be manly, Philistines; otherwise you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they were your slaves. So fight manfully!"
The Philistines fought and Israel was defeated; every man fled to his own tent. It was a disastrous defeat, in which Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers.
The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were among the dead.

Psalms 44(43):10-11.14-15.24-25.
But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you do not march out with our armies.
You make us retreat before the foe; those who hate us plunder us at will.
You make us the reproach of our neighbors, the mockery and scorn of those around us.
You make us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

Awake! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Rise up! Do not reject us forever!
Why do you hide your face; why forget our pain and misery?

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 1:40-45.
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, «If you wish, you can make me clean.»
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, "I do will it. Be made clean."
The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.
Then he said to him, "See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them."
The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.

Commentary of the day : Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
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Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys (17 avril 1620 à Troyes en France dans la province de Champagne- 12 janvier 1700 (à 79 ans) à Ville-Marie au Canada) fut la fondatrice de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal.
Elle était la septième d'une famille de douze enfants aux parents dévoués: Abraham Bourgeoys, son père et Guillemette Garnier, sa mère. Elle fut baptisée en l'église Saint-Jean le jour …More
Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys (17 avril 1620 à Troyes en France dans la province de Champagne- 12 janvier 1700 (à 79 ans) à Ville-Marie au Canada) fut la fondatrice de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal.
Elle était la septième d'une famille de douze enfants aux parents dévoués: Abraham Bourgeoys, son père et Guillemette Garnier, sa mère. Elle fut baptisée en l'église Saint-Jean le jour de sa naissance.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Bourgeoys