All Religious Medals are Customizable. We can change the spelling, your language, names etc, ex:
change "Pray for Us" to "Pray For Me". Just let us know in "special instructions"
if you would like it for a charm bracelet, request a split ring instead of a bail in the "special
instructions"
Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys (17 April 1620 12 January 1700, feast day: January 12) was born the sixth of twelve children
of
devout parents. When Marguerite was 19 her mother died and the young lady cared for her brothers and sisters. Her
father, a
candle maker died when she was twenty-seven. A few years later, the governor of Montreal, Canada, Paul Chomedey de
Maisonneuve was in France looking for teachers for the New World. He invited Marguerite to come to Montreal to teach
school
and religion classes. She accepted the offer.
Marguerite gave away her share of her inheritance from her parents to other members of the family and, in 1653, sailed
for
New France. On arriving, she initiated the construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel in honour of Our Lady of
Good Help (Our Lady of Perpetual Help). She opened her first school in 1658 and sailed back to France in 1659 in order
to
recruit more teachers, and returned with four. In 1670, she went to France again, and brought back six more women. These
women braved dangerous travel and were to become the first Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame.
Marguerite and her sisters helped people in the colony survive when food was scarce, opened a vocational school, taught
young people how to run a home and farm. Marguerite's congregation grew to 18 sisters, seven of them Canadian. They
opened
missions, and two sisters taught at the Native American school. Soon after, Marguerite received the first two Native
American women into the congregation.
In 1693, Mother Marguerite handed over her congregation to her successor, Marie Barbier, the first Canadian to join the
order. The congegration's religious rule was approved by the Church in 1698, and Marguerite spent her last few years
praying and writing an autobiography. On December 31, 1699, a young sister lay dying and Mother Marguerite asked God to
take her life in exchange. By the next morning of January 1, 1700, the sister was completely well, Mother Marguerite had
a
raging fever, suffered 12 days, and died on January 12, 1700.
She was declared venerable in 1878, beatified on 12 November, 1950, and canonised by John Paul II on 31 October, 1982.
She
is commemorated in both the Catholic Church and in the Anglican Church of Canada on January 12. She is buried in the
sanctuary of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel in Montreal, which also houses a museum about her life and the early
history
of Montreal.
Item can be engraved with message, names, dates or monogram.
Engraving doesn't delay your shipment.
Available in Solid 10K &14K Yellow or White Gold, or Sterling Silver
Is a Chain Included? You can choose which chain to add to your order when checking out
Pendant Bail - fits up to 4mm chain. We can make bail larger, just let us know in the special instructions upon ordering
All Sterling Silver is protected with a tarnish resistance to help it last for years without tarnishing.
