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On September 2, 2014, the Library opened the Grey Nuns Reading Room, a silent study space for Concordia students located in the former Chapel of the Invention of the Holy Cross. The Reading Room has seating for 192 students, with an additional 42 chairs in small reading rooms. A Political Science student was the first to enter. [3]
The renovations undertaken have made space available for 355 new beds for resident students. There is a total of nearly 600 residence beds. The chapel has become a reading room that can accommodate 230 students. There are 14 group study rooms, a daycare facility, and a cafeteria area allowing resident students the choice of preparing meals. [3]
The only American congregation of Grey Nuns, the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart branched off from the Ottawa congregation in 1921, to establish an independent English-speaking congregation to minister in the United States. [25] They founded D'Youville College in Buffalo, New York. In 1966, the mother house moved to Yardley, Pennsylvania. The ...
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (1701–1771), founder of the Grey Nuns. Mother Marie of the Incarnation, the foundress, practiced devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and had established it in the cloister years before the revelation to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690). The first celebration of the feast in the New World took place in ...
It is located in the oldest building in Winnipeg, a former convent of the Grey Nuns. Begun in 1846 and finished in 1851, the former nunnery has been an orphanage, a school, a seniors' home, and was the first incarnation of the St. Boniface Hospital. The Museum is affiliated with CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
Jun. 4—OGDENSBURG — Three Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart from the Diocese of Ogdensburg are celebrating jubilees this year, totaling 210 years of service. This year also marks the 100th ...
Marguerite d'Youville, SGM (French pronunciation: [maʁɡʁit djuvil]; October 15, 1701 – December 23, 1771) was a French Canadian widow who founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the "Grey Nuns".
D'Youville has two student housing buildings. Marguerite Hall is a traditional 12-story housing building consisting primarily of traditional two-person dorm rooms. [91] The 222 Apartment Complex is a four-story housing building primarily consisting of four-bedroom apartment suites each with two bathrooms and a shared kitchen and common room. [91]