Monastère des Ursulines de Québec | |
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  Location within Quebec | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Ursulines |
| Established | 1639 |
| Mother house | Ursuline Monastery of Tours |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of Quebec |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | St. Marie of the Incarnation, O.S.U. |
| Important associated figures | Mother Geneviève Boucher, O.S.U.; Jeanne Le Ber; St. Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, S.G.M. |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | active |
| Designated date | 1972 |
| Groundbreaking | 1641 |
| Completion date | 1642 |
| Site | |
| Location | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Coordinates | 46°48′44″N 71°12′29″W / 46.812094°N 71.208127°W |
| Public access | yes |
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| Established | 1936 |
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| Type | religious museum and teaching centre |
| Website | www |
The Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City (French: Monastère des Ursulines de Québec) was founded by a missionary group of Ursuline nuns in 1639 under the leadership of Mother Marie of the Incarnation, O.S.U. It is the oldest institution of learning for women in North America.[1] Today, the monastery serves as the General Motherhouse of the Ursuline Sisters of the Canadian Union.[2] The community there also operates an historical museum[3] and continues to serve as a teaching centre.[4]
The complex was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1972.[5]
- ^ Fidelis, Mother Mary (1912). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ "Our History". Les Ursulines.
- ^ Ursuline Museum website
- ^ Ecole des Ursulines official website
- ^ Ursuline Monastery. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2011-09-17.