Marie Guyart de l'Incarnation (1599–1672): Le singulier parcours d'une ursuline missionnaire de Tours à Québec par Vincent Grégoire (review)
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Abstract
Reviewed by: Marie Guyart de l'Incarnation (1599–1672): Le singulier parcours d'une ursuline missionnaire de Tours à Québec par Vincent Grégoire Catherine Gaughan Grégoire, Vincent. Marie Guyart de l'Incarnation (1599–1672): Le singulier parcours d'une ursuline missionnaire de Tours à Québec. Peter Lang, 2022. ISBN 978-2-807-61952-4. Pp. 177. Grégoire offers a fascinating account of Marie Guyart de l'Incarnation as she traveled from her homeland in France to become the first female missionary in New France. Following the death of her husband, Marie left her 11year-old son in the care of her sister and brother-in-law to commit herself to the religious orders. She went on to co-found, with Madame de la Peltrie, an Ursuline convent in Quebec in 1639 although she was subjected to much criticism over the course of her life for the decision to abandon her son. Canonized as a saint by Pope Francis in 2014, the book provides a glimpse into the life of a young widow who entered the convent in Tours in 1625 and was determined to realize her dream to become a missionary in Canada. Written in French, the five chapters describe Marie as a woman of deep faith who believed that God would show her the way in order to establish a boarding school for Native Indian girls at a point in history when the Catholic church was reforming their views on women's rights making education a priority. Discussing the various obstacles that Marie faced in her over twenty years in Canada as a missionary, including linguistic barriers and discrimination as an Ursuline nun, the examples throughout provide a deeper understanding of her challenges with members of the church's masculine hierarchy as well as the diverse motivations of Native Indian girls between the ages of six to sixteen who were left in their care. Grégoire's analysis delves into the reasons behind Marie's feelings of failure to convince the girls to accept a formal French religious education, such as the strict convent rules and the cultural differences with the Indigenous peoples. As Canada continues to undertake the mission of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to provide those directly or indirectly affected by the legacy of the Indian Residential School system with an opportunity to share their stories and experiences, Marie Guyart de l'Incarnation offers an important historical context to the initial interactions between the Indigenous peoples and the early missionaries. Original in its content and now the subject of 21st-century research, Marie's legacy lives on thanks to her son who understood that although their relationship was fraught with misgivings, her writings should be preserved in order that she be recognized for the pioneering woman she was. [End Page 117] Catherine Gaughan Toronto Metropolitan University (ON) Canada Copyright © 2024 American Association of Teachers of French
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.019 | 0.004 |
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