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Élisabeth Bruyère (1818 - 1876) Born on March 19, 1818, Mother Élisabeth Bruyère was a woman with a warm and compassionate heart, ever attentive to the needs of her time and a deeply committed Christian who sought the social, moral and spiritual betterment of Bytown, known today as Ottawa. Her father died when she was only six years old.
Sep 4, 2020 · She was found to demonstrate these virtues in a heroic manner. On April 14, 2018, His Holiness, Pope Francis declared the Servant of God, Mother Élisabeth Bruyère, to be Venerable, thereby opening the path to her eventual Beatification and Canonization … in God’s good time. Venerable Mother Élisabeth Bruyère, intercede for us.
- Élisabeth’S First Years
- A New Step
- Foundress in Bytown
- Canonical Erection of The Community
- Educational Ministry
- Ministries
- Death of Mother Bruyère
Élisabeth Bruyère was born on March 19, 1818, in the village of L’Assomption, just a few kilometers from Montreal. Her father already had four children at the time of his marriage to a young woman from Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. Three children were born from this marriage, one of whom was Élisabeth, the eldest of the second marriage. At the young age ...
In 1839, Élisabeth entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, founded by Mother Marguerite d’Youville, and made her first profession on May 31, 1841, at the age of twenty-three. At this time, the Superior General, Mother McMullen, had been asked to establish a community in Bytown (known today as Ottawa). Father Telmon, OMI, cou...
To carry out this mission on February 20, 1845, Sister Élisabeth Bruyère, who had been professed only four years, was appointed. Taken by surprise by this nomination, she confided: "If I accept, it is to be of service to my community […] but I do not feel any calling. If my superiors do not find any good reasons to refuse, I leave the decision up t...
In 1854, His Excellency Bishop Phelan, Bishop of Kingston, took advantage of his pastoral visit to establish an understanding with Father Telmon and Mother Bruyère related to the steps to be followed to ensure the canonical erection of the small community of Grey Nuns. Inspired by Mother d’Youville’s charism, Mother Bruyère and her Sisters intended...
The education ministry was the most urgent. Mother Bruyère had been well prepared for the designs of Providence. However, a clause restricted their teaching activities to "small schools". Mother Bruyère appealed to her superiors and to Bishop Bourget to broaden the scope of this clause. Mother Bruyère continued to direct her community toward the va...
Bytown was pleased to welcome the benefits of education. The boarding school was not detrimental neither to the work of the parochial schools nor to the ministry with the poor and the destitute nor with the orphans. Mother Bruyère generously opened her heart to the elderly and to the disabled. The care of the sick was not neglected either. To tell ...
Mother Bruyère gave the very best of herself. In June 1875, hypertrophy of the heart was diagnosed. Our venerated foundress entered into the eternal rest of the Father on April 5, 1876, at the age of fifty-eight. The Congregation, which she directed for thirty-one years had, by then, ninety-eight members. Her last words, "my beloved Jesus", conveye...
Élisabeth Bruyère (or Bruguier) (March 19, 1818 – April 5, 1876) was the founder of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown and opened the first hospital there and the first bilingual school in Ontario. Biography
Apr 14, 2018 · Father Caron, Elisabeth’s mother’s cousin, offers hospitality to the young orphan and provides such an excellent education that the young woman is able to pursue a teaching career. In 1839, she enters the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, founded by Mother d`Youville, and she makes her first profession on May 31, 1841, at the age of twenty-three.
Oct 27, 2024 · By the time of Élisabeth Bruyère’s death the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa had founded key local institutions and extended their services to sixteen other communities in Canada and the U.S. Pendant les années 1840, Bytown (Ottawa) est un village de commerce de bois d »œuvre en plein essor qui a une importante population canadienne-française, mais pas d’école catholique et peu de ...
Jan 29, 2017 · In 1845, 26-year-old Elisabeth Bruyère was called to help build the city of Ottawa, then named Bytown. ... Mother Bruyère had a close working relationship with the bishop of Bytown, but her ...
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