The arrival of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family in Sherbrooke

After the relocation of the Mother House from Memramcook, New Brunswick, to Sherbrooke, Quebec, Bishop Paul LaRocque of Sherbrooke gave his diocesan recognition in 1896. This is the historical event allowing the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family to be officially recognized by the Church. The sisters respond to different needs from educational and evangelical institutions across Canada, the United States, Rome and Vatican City, Brazil, Haiti, Chile, Honduras and Guatemala.
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Bust of Bishop Larocque second Bishop of Sherbrooke from 1893 to 1926

Crucifix from Jerusalem offered to Mother Léonie in 1906 by the Most Rev Diomède Falconio, Apostolic Delegate of the United States. Presence of the Institute from 1893-2000.

Book of Constitutions and Rules of 1912 approved on the morning of the day of Mother Marie-Léonie’s death, May 3, 1912.First Catechism of vows printed in 1910.

From left to right : Souvenir pencil holder and small case from Guatemala. Presence of the Institute since 1990. Center : Statue of Our Lady of Suyapa, Patron of Honduras. Presence of the Institute since 1962. Calling horn a Chilean horseman’s piece of equipment. Presence of the Institute from 1968-1971. Right : Central America map and South America map.

Souvenir box from Haiti. Presence of the Institute 1968-1975

Present book of Constitutions and Rules printed in 2009. St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Presence of the Institute from 1925 to 1989

Europe map and Skullcap worn by Pope Pius XII and medal given to the Little Sisters of the Holy Family in 1957 by Cardinal Paul Emile Léger, Archbishop of Montréal

Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel. Patron of the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke.

Bishop Paul Larocque’s breviary, Bishop of Sherbrooke

VISIT THE FOUR ALCOVES AND THE SHRINE

1 The story of Mother
Marie-Leonie and the
Little Sisters of the
Holy Family

2 The arrival of the
Little Sisters of the
Holy Family in
Sherbrooke

3 Charisma
and mission

4 Charisma
and spirituality

The shrine of
Blessed Marie-Leonie
in the southern
transept