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The Ecole des Ursulines, known in English as the School of the Ursulines, is among North America's oldest schools.Still operating as a private school for both girls and boys, it was founded in 1639 by French nun Marie of the Incarnation and laywoman Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la Peltrie.
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]
The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula. The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress Angela Merici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula.
Ursuline Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio) Ursuline Academy (Dedham, Massachusetts) Ursuline Academy (Delaware) Ursuline Academy (Great Falls, Montana) Ursuline Academy (New Orleans) Ursuline Academy Ilford; Ursuline Academy of Dallas; Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea; Ursuline High School (Santa Rosa, California) Ursuline High School (Youngstown, Ohio)
École des Ursulines is a private Catholic school. Founded in 1639, it is one of the oldest active schools in North America. The existence of Catholic schools in Canada can be traced to the year 1620, when the first school was founded by the Catholic Recollet Order in Quebec. Most schools in Canada were operated under the auspices of one ...
1636 – Charles Huault de Montmagny became the settlement’s governor, who presided over expansion of the settlement and construction of its first church, Notre Dame de la Paix. 1639 – The Ursulines arrived; Ecole des Ursulines, Quebec established. 1639 – The Augustines arrived; Hôtel-Dieu de Québec founded by Augustinians. It was ...
In 1739 some of the infirmary’s silver pieces, which had belonged in large part to Mme de La Peltrie, were given to make a sanctuary lamp. [1]The Musée des Ursulines de Québec is located in a building just outside the walls of the monastery, on the foundations of the house of the community’s benefactress, Madeleine Chauvigny of Peltrie (1603-1671).
Ursuline Academy (Delaware), a school in Wilmington that offers grades K–12; Ursuline Academy (Illinois), a high school in Springfield that operated from 1857 to 2007; Ursuline Campus Schools, a campus containing five schools in Louisville, Kentucky; Ursuline Academy (New Orleans), an all-girls high school and elementary school in Louisiana