Life of Madame de La Peltrie (Magdalen de Chauvigny)
Subtitle: foundress of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec
Publisher: Edward Dunigan
Published: 1859
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Birth and Education of Madame de la Peltrie 9; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Miss de Chauvigny is forced by her parents to leave the Abbey and embrace the married state — Virtues which she practises during this period of her life — Death of Mr. de la Peltrie, her Husband 16; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Death of Mme. de la Peltrie's mother — Virtues which she practises during her widowhood 26; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Mr. de Chauvigny's friends unite with him to gain Mme. de la Peltrie — She has recourse to a stratagem — Death of Mr. de Chauvigny 37; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Other Trials of Mme. de la Peltrie — She gains her Law-Suit — Preparations for the voyage to Canada. 45; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Departure from Paris — Account of the Journey — Last Adieu — Stormy Passage — Safe Arrival 68; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Landing of Mme. de la Peltrie and the Nuns — Reception given to them by the Chevalier de Montmagny, Governor-in-Chief and all orders of society in Quebec 68; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: Zeal of Mme. de la Peltrie for the salvation of souls — Arrival of two Sisters from the Ursulines of Paris — She lays the foundation of the first Convent — Her journey to Montreal 81; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: Mme. de la Peltrie returns to Quebec — Joyful reception at homo — Virtues of Obedience and Poverty which she practises in the Ursuline Convent 99; title: CHAPTER X.; title: Burning of the first Convent in 1650, and other Severe Trials — Humility, Charity, and Self-Denial of Mme. de la Peltrie — Death of the Rev. Mother St. Joseph. 111; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: Austerity and Mortification of Mme. de la Peltrie, displayed in every circumstance of her Life — Her rapid progress in perfection — Earthquake and other trials 133; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: Last Illness of Mme. de la Peltrie — Consternation and sorrow which it produces in Quebec — Her death and solemn funeral 154