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September 10, 2018

Death mask sparks study of Quebec saint

Born in Tours, France, in 1599, St. Marie de l’Incarnation died in New France in 1672. Pope Francis canonized her along with Canada’s first Bishop, Francois de Laval, in 2014.

QUEBEC CITY – St. Marie de l’Incarnation, a French Ursuline nun sent to establish the order in New France in the 17th century, has not yet delivered all her secrets.

Published in Canada
October 16, 2014

Model Canadians

The Pope declared two 17th-century French missionaries, Marie de l’Incarnation, far left, and Francois de Laval, as saints April 3 without requiring the verification of a miracle or a canonization ceremony.

The year-long celebration of the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Quebec reached into the Vatican on Oct. 12 with a papal Mass to honour Canada’s two newest saints. 

Published in Editorial