This work is about Sister Margaret Bourgeois, who was the founder, and first dean of the Secular Daughters of the Notre Dame Church in Marie, Montreal, Canada. This book place before the minds of the readers the glorious example of one of God's heroines. This book is an English translation of the original French book.

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Marguerite Bourgeoys, C.N.D., was the French foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Canada. She lived in Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal) as of 1653, educating young girls, the poor, and natives until her death at the turn of the 18th century. She is also significant for developing one of the first uncloistered religious communities in the Catholic Church. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.