Congregation of Notre Dame
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The Congregation of Notre Dame was founded in 1653 by Marguerite Bourgeoys. This was one of the first non-cloistered communities. The community's motherhouse is in Montreal, Canada. There are members of the community in Canada, United States, Japan and several developing nations. The community is centered on the mystery of the Visitation - Mary visiting Elizabeth. The sisters of the community are very engaged in active social justice, emulating their founders admonition of "little, simple and poor".
The religious community of nuns has a strong commitment to educationNotre Dame sisters provided education in 18th century Louisbourg.
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