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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.
The history of the Ursulines in Quebec begins on 1 August 1639, when its first members landed in Canada. The monastery was established under the leadership of Mother (now Saint) Marie of the Incarnation (1599–1672), an Ursuline nun of the monastery in Tours , and Madame Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la Peltrie (1603–1671), a rich widow ...
The Ursulines have a long history in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.. Arrival of the Ursulines in New Orleans, 1727 (19th century depiction) As early as 1726, King Louis XV of France decided that three Ursuline nuns from Rouen should go to New Orleans to establish a hospital for poor sick people and to provide education for young girls of wealthy families.
Ursuline Convent (French: Couvent des Ursulines) was a series of historic Ursuline convents in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.In 1727, at the request of Governor Étienne Perier, nuns from the Ursuline Convent of Rouen (Normandy) went to New Orleans to found a convent, run a hospital, and take care of educating young girls.
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).
Marie-Madeleine learned about the Ursuline mission to New Orleans while its contract was still under negotiation. Two Ursulines from Rouen, Marie Tranchepain de St. Augustin and Marie Anne Le Boullenger de St. Angélique, had traveled to Paris in March 1726 to sign a contract with the French Company of the Indies (previously known as the Mississippi Company).
As an Ursuline nun, Sister Esther Marie-Joseph Wheelwright de l'Enfant Jésus had no contact with her family, and over time lost her connections with most people from her previous life. Those who had been instrumental in her joining the Ursulines, including the Marquise de Vaudreuil and Father Bigot, died in the succeeding years.
A Century of Pioneering: A History of The Ursuline Nuns in New Orleans (1727-1827) New Orleans: The Ursuline Sisters of New Orleans, 1993. Ware, Marion (1960). "An Adventurous Voyage to French Colonial Louisiana; The Narrative of Mother Tranchepain, 1727". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 1 (3): 212–229.