Marie Guyart

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She was born in Tours in France under the name Marie Guyart, probably rue des Tanneurs.

At age 7 she had a first through mystic who leads it to give to Christ. His parents did not understand his desire for religious life and they married 17 years with the master manual silk Claude Martin. From their union Claude was born on April 2, 1619. Six months later she became a widow 19 years, while the small factory is in bankruptcy.

In 1625, graces the lead to mystical union with Christ.

On 25 January 1631, she entered the convent of the Ursulines of Tours.

In 1639, she left with two other Ursulines to found a monastery in Quebec City for investigation of small Indian (Iroquoises). It is associated with the life of the small French colony founded in Quebec in 1608, which without her and her companions, could hardly survive.

In 1663, she witnessed an earthquake in the middle of Quebec. As a privileged witness, it tells the event in extensive correspondence she has with her son. The ursuline sees the disaster a sign of God punishing trade drinking very strong between settlers and Indians.

She died of exhaustion on April 30, 1672 in Quebec City.

    "God never leaves those who deal with friend and prefer to all things and themselves" (quote from Marie Guyart) [1]

Awareness [change]

Bossuet the proclaimed "Teresa" of New France.

Henri Bremond has contributed to its growing popularity since a quarter-century.

She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1980. His feast was set at April 30.

Today, it attracts the interest of many people and groups. The research teams are dedicated to the study of his writings mainly contained in his correspondence. His spiritual figure, its population density and strength psychological fascinated contemporaries.

References [change]

    * Book on the life of the mother Marie published in 1677 by his son, Claude Martin.
    * The life of the mother Marie of the Incarnation. by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix. Antoine-Claude Briasson in Paris. 1724. This book written with the letters addressed to his son is valuable for the history of Canada and especially Quebec, where the nuns staff undertook several missions with both Indian and settlers.
    * Mary of the Incarnation Ursuline Tours, founder of the Ursulines of New France, Tours 1599 - Quebec 1672: the mystical insignia, the great French, the mother of the motherland. Lecture at Quebec, under the auspices of Laval University Tuesday, October 19, 1926 by Dom A. Jamet, the Abbey of Solesmes. by Dom A. JAMET Tours, 1927. XXIII, 54 p.
    * Mary of the Incarnation ursuline (1599-1672) - Correspondence, a new edition by Dom Oury monk of Solesmes; preface SE Cardinal Charles Journet, Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Solesmes 1971. This book includes a bibliography of more than twenty pages and 278 letters from 1626 to 1639, while it is still in France, followed by Quebec of 1639 to 1671.

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