En route to Canada   The crossing   Departure for Sainte-Adélaïde de Pabos 
 A Letter Instead of a Trip   Letter From Mother Marie-Fidèle   School opening 
Second  Departure to Canada   Arrival of the Second Group   Stay at Halifax   A trip to Rimouski 
  Letter March 26, 1903     1897, A difficult end of year    October 9, 1897   On the way to England 
  Arrival in Minehead    A decisive meeting   Seeking Answers to Puzzling Questions
 Sr. Marie de Jésus, delegate of Mother Marie Fidèle   From on attempt to the next  New attempts
Endeavors of Mgr. F.-X. Bossé   Unusual offers   Mgr L-N Bégin Accepts the SCSL
The North American Branch Takes Root

DARING WITH GOD

INTRODUCTION

At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, French religious congregations are going through trouble times. The Sisters of Charity of St. Louis are not spared. Will the congregation founded by Marie-Louise-Elisabeth de Lamoignon, widow Molé de Champlâtreux (Mother St. Louis) vanish?

Two options are being considered : to become secularized in France or to go to new welcoming countries. Difficult choice. Personal connections, which will be mentioned later, will help clarify the decision.

The Sisters who will leave their country will have to face at the same time a challenge, a rigorous exile, and total trust in God's Providence.

The first sisters selected for this worthwhile mission were 
Sr. St.Eugénie, mistress of novices and Sr.  Marie-des-Anges.

On October 23, 1902, 
Sr. St. Eugénie had bid farewell 
to Mother Marie Fidèle, 
General Superior of the 
Sisters of Charity of St. Louis, and to the Vannes sisters; it was a moving experience, but the determination to follow God's Will was firm: 
"We will see you again in heaven"! (R-2)

Sr. St. Eugénie, 
(Eugénie Ruguidel),
twelve-year-old 
professed sister, age 33.*

Sr. Marie-des-Anges, 
(Marie-Louise Grando), two-year-old professed sister, age24. *

Sr. Marie-des-Anges 
had only been in Frome, (England)
 for the past two weeks when 
she was asked to join Sr. St. Eugénie 
in London on October 26. (R-2)

SCSL au Québec