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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.
She was born as Élisabeth Bruguier in L'Assomption in Lower Canada in 1818. Daughter of Jean Baptiste Charles Bruguier (1763-1824) and Sophie Mercier. The Bruguier name was changed in 1824 when the family moved after the death of her father. In 1839, she joined the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal, also known as the ...
Mother Élisabeth Bruyère directed the community until her death, on 5 April 1876. During her long administration the community had opened some 25 houses in Ontario, Quebec, and New York State; all were under the direct control of the mother house at Ottawa.
- Soeur Paul-Émile (Louise Guay)
- BRUYÈRE (Bruguier), ÉLISABETH
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10
- 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...
Apr 14, 2018 · Mother Bruyère did her very best. She dies on April 5, 1876, at the age of fifty eight. The congregation which she directed for thirty-one years counted ninety-eight members. Her last words « my beloved Jesus », reflect her confident abandonment and summarize her whole life. Mother Élisabeth Bruyère has been declared Venerable by Pope ...
Sep 4, 2020 · Mother Élisabeth Bruyère was a woman with a caring and compassionate heart and of daring faith. She founded the first congregation of religious women in the Archdiocese of Ottawa, the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa (also called Grey Nuns of the Cross until 1968). Élisabeth Bruyère was born in L’Assomption, Que., on March 19, 1918.
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Mother Élisabeth Bruyère was then elected Superior General of the new Congregation, the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, and would be re-elected until her death in 1876. She died in Ottawa on April 5, 1876, after 31 years of dedication to the population of the region. At the time of her death, the statistics eloquently listed her apostolic ...
