Overview

Marie-Rose Durocher was a Canadian Roman Catholic Religious Sister. She founded the Sœurs des Saints-Noms de Jésus et de Marie (Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary) in 1844. Marie-Rose was an extraordinary educator. She and her sisters developed a course of study that provided equally for French and English students. Durocher is commemorated in a stained glass window in Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal, where she is depicted alongside Frances Xavier Cabrini and Andre Bessette. The College Durocher St Lambert, Quebec, is named after Durocher, as is the Eulalie Durocher High School in Montreal. Her brothers Flavien, Théophile, and Eusèbe entered the priesthood, and her sister Séraphine joined the Congregation of Notre-Dame.

Le pape Jean-Paul II a déclaré Marie-Rose bienheureuse le 23 mai 1932. André Duval, oblat : « Le jardin le mieux adapté à l’éclosion des fruits de sainteté, c’est bien la famille vraiment chrétienne. » (source)

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• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• Oblate Communications

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