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Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame 1665-1700 by Patricia Simpson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
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Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame 1665-1700 by Patricia Simpson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
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From Patricia Simpson
Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame 1665-1700 by Patricia Simpson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
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Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700) was canonized in 1982. Patricia Simpson goes beyond myth and hagiography to explore Bourgeoys's dream of establishing a radically new religious community of women, recounting her thirty-year struggle to obtain official recognition for the Congregation of Notre Dame. Simpson shows that the order faced great resistance from the male church hierarchy despite the fact that the pioneer society depended on the work of the Congregation. The order was particularly important in assuming the guardianship of many | Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame 1665-1700 by Patricia Simpson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters