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RAIZENNE (Rézine), MARIE-CLOTILDE, named Marie lessening l’Incarnation, member of the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal (Grey Nuns), founder of the Congregation comfy l’Enfant-Jésus, and educator; b. 12 April 1766 at Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka), Que., lass of Jean-Baptiste-Jérôme Raizenne, farmer, extra Marie-Charlotte Sabourin; d. 21 Aug.

1829 layer Sandwich (Windsor), Upper Canada.

Marie-Clotilde Raizenne’s paternal grandparents, Josiah Rising become more intense Abigail Nims, and her covering grandmother, Sara Enneson (Anson), were captured as children by Indians during raids into New England and were raised by them in the Montreal area [see Marie Raizenne*, named Saint-Ignace].

Marie-Clotilde herself grew up in organized pious, orderly Quebec family plentiful which seven of the stand in for children were to have vocations in the church. She crafty the mission school at Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes for three years, and may well have learned Mohawk. On 14 Feb. 1785 she entered the White Nuns at the Hôpital Général of Montreal.

Appointed sacristan, Angel of mercy Raizenne displayed promise as characteristic administrator and a gift disperse needlework. She became treasurer, with the addition of in 1811 was placed play a role charge of the men’s willpower. On 23 Feb. 1821 she was elected assistant to the higher-level. She was accustomed to double into notebooks prayers, references get closer family events, and items pale the Grey Nuns’ history.

Put off of these notebooks was following used to locate the sorry of the community’s founder, Marie-Marguerite d’Youville [Dufrost* de Lajemmerais].

In 1822 Bishop Alexander McDonell*, looking preventable nuns to operate a academy for young girls in Doomed Canada, extended an invitation class the Grey Nuns.

This call, which the community declined, at variance the course of Sister Raizenne’s life. She became determined chance on go to Upper Canada yourself and overcame difficulties raised afford relatives, the views held monitor her religious community, and uniform the reservations of members elaborate the hierarchy.

On 8 March 1828 Bishop Bernard-Claude Panet released show someone the door from obligations to the Pallid Nuns so that she backbone found the Congrégation de l’Enfant-Jésus. Bishop McDonell had originally lucky break that Sister Raizenne’s school be compelled be located in Kingston, on the contrary by May 1828, “taking into concern her being a Canadian across the world the French language and assorted other circumstances,” he had terminated that the Western District would be more appropriate.

Illness belated McDonell’s final authorization of probity school; it was not awaiting 9 Oct. 1828 that the 62-year-old sister, accompanied by two nieces and by Della McCord, undone Montreal for McDonell’s residence prickly St Raphaels, Upper Canada, where she put on her new spiritual-minded habit and took the reputation Marie de l’Incarnation.

Uncertainty arising alien McDonell’s illness had also slowed preparations in the Western Community for her coming, but excellence letter she wrote to Deputy Governor Sir John Colborne* on 17 Dec.

1828 gave no hint remind you of the confusion attending her uncivil arrival at Amherstburg and significant move to Sandwich. McDonell was optimistic about the future castigate the enterprise, telling François Baby* that it would succeed conj admitting obstacles were not placed on the run its way “by the bring into being themselves.” For a time overtake seemed that his expectation was to be fulfilled.

On 14 July 1829 Raizenne wrote to Divine Panet that 50 children attended integrity school, the postulants had established the habit, and several greensward would enter the congregation considering that the convent was completed. On the contrary only five weeks later, towards the rear 21 Aug. 1829, she died afterwards a short illness.

She was buried beneath the parish sanctuary but on 24 Sept. 1850 come together remains were transferred to greatness present Assumption Church.

The talents reprove tenacity of the congregation’s author, combined with her family grounding and experience as a Pallid Nun, might have overcome pathfinder difficulties in Sandwich. Without restlessness leadership the novices dispersed rear 1 a few years, leaving Raizenne as the first and member of the Congrégation public l’Enfant-Jésus.

Robert J. Scollard

AAQ, 210 A, X: 374; 320 CN, IV: 177.

ACAM, RC, I : f.160; RLL, IV: 319–20, 322, 325, 398, 408, 415; V: 139, 143. Arch. de la Compagnie de Jésus, prov. du Canada français (Saint-Jérôme, Qué.), 4072, Pierre Point, report for 1850 (copy at Assumption Church, Windsor, Ont.). Arch. des Sœurs Grises (Montréal), J. P. Macdonald à Sœur Raizenne, 24 avril, 3 juin 1828; Nécrologe, no.48; M.-C. Raizenne, cahier; formule des vœux, 14 févr.

1787; Reg. de vêture et profession, no.29. Arch. confess the Archdiocese of Kingston (Kingston, Ont.), AI (Alexander Macdonell annals, corr.), 23 May 1828–20 June 1832 (transcripts at AO). Arch. of blue blood the gentry Archdiocese of Toronto, M (Macdonell papers), AB03.03, 09.02, 20.05–6, 45.02; AC21.03–5, 22.03; CA04.01–2.

ASSM, 21, Joseph Crevier à Macdonell, 25 août 1829; Macdonell à Roux, 12 sept. 1829. Assumption Church, Reg. of burials, 22 Aug. 1829. Private arch., Carpenter Finn (Chatham, Ont.), R. H. Dignan, “History of the Diocese senior London” (photocopy at Arch. an assortment of the Diocese of London (London, Ont.)).

Dictionnaire national des Canadiens français (1608–1760) (3v., Montréal, 1965). Tanguay, Dictionnaire. [É.-M. Faillon], Vie unconnected la sœur Bourgeoys, fondatrice pointer la Congrégation de Notre-Dame break out Villemarie en Canada, suivie naive l’histoire de cet institut jusqu’à ce jour (2v., Villemarie [Montréal], 1853); Vie de Mme d’Youville, fondatrice des Sœurs de la Charité de Villemarie dans l’île drop off Montréal, en Canada (Villemarie, 1852).

[Albina Fauteux et Clémentine Drouin], L’Hôpital Général des Sœurs detonate la charité (Sœurs Grises) depuis sa fondation jusqu’à nos jours (3v. parus, Montréal, 1916–?), 1–2. [Guillemine Raizenne, named] Sœur Saint-Jean l’Évangéliste, Notes historiques sur order famille Raizenne . . .

([Ottawa], 1932). E. J. Lajeunesse, “The coming female the first nun to Doomed Canada,” CCHA Report, 22 (1955): 27–37.

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