{"id":418,"date":"2011-04-07T20:23:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/nouvelle-france\/"},"modified":"2015-04-16T09:38:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T13:38:39","slug":"religious-congregations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/population\/religious-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious Congregations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The missionary adventure in New France was remarkable. The travels, works and martyrdom of the members of religious orders who came to convert the \u201csavages\u201d have long fueled the popular imagination where the history of French North America is concerned. In this article by Claire Gourdeau on the religious congregations and their accomplishments, we discover, or rediscover, the various players in this adventure. The author presents all the congregations that sent missionaries to the colony and explains their reasons for doing so.<\/p>\n

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Anonymous, 18th century. Nuns attending the sick at the infirmery of the Abbey at Port Royal des Champs. Gouache, c. 1710. Inv.: MV 6005, Dessin 849. Mus\u00e9e des Granges de Port Royal, Magny-les-Hameaux, France. Photo Credit: R\u00e9union des Mus\u00e9es Nationaux \/ Art Resource, NY<\/div>\">\"Nuns<\/a>

Nuns attending the sick<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Recollects, Jesuits, Capuchins, Ursulines, Hospitallers \u2014 all were motivated by the same faith and aspired to one thing only: to convert Aboriginal people to save their souls. As she traces the history of this missionary work, which began with the arrival of the first Recollects in Quebec City, in 1615, Claire Gourdeau takes us on a journey through the continent and describes the pitfalls the missionaries encountered and the methods they used to reach their goal. The religious communities had meagre means, as they all depended entirely on the generosity of \u201cbenefactors\u201d in France.<\/p>\n

Despite their efforts, the missionaries never managed to bridge the immense cultural gap that separated them from the Aboriginal peoples. Having achieved only poor results, the religious congregations present in North America\u2019s French colonies ended up devoting themselves to the education and support of the colonies\u2019 populations of European origin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The missionary adventure in New France was remarkable. The travels, works and martyrdom of the members of religious orders who came to convert the \u201csavages\u201d have long fueled the popular imagination where the history of French North America is concerned. In this article by Claire Gourdeau on the religious congregations and their accomplishments, we discover, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":307,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3366,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions\/3366"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}