Mary of the Incarnation Foundress of the Ursuline Monastery: Quebec 1639-1939

Mary of the Incarnation
Foundress of the Ursuline Monastery: Quebec 1639-1939

Publisher: Ursuline Monastery; J.M.Rodericus Card. Villeneuve OMI, Archiepiscopus Quebecencis 
Edition: Exquisite self-published stable bound in french wraps; Quebeci (April 11, 1939)

Description: This is a rare 1939 commemorative biography written anonymously by "An Ursuline of Quebec" and published directly by the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec City. Issued in 1939 to mark the tricentennial of the Ursulines' arrival in New France (1639–1939), the 90-page softcover booklet honors Marie Guyard (Mother Mary of the Incarnation). It outlines her early life in Tours, France, her religious calling, and her perilous 1639 voyage to Quebec, where she founded the Ursuline Monastery and established the first school for girls in North America.