dimanche 12 septembre 2021

VISIT TO THE GREY NUNS IN OLD MONTREAL

VISIT TO THE GREY NUNS - 
By Bernard Bujold - 
The Grey Nuns congregation is in retirement mode but their historical heritage continues to exist. So, I live right next door to their former convent-hospice in Old Montreal and it was their annual open house recently (Sunday and Saturday September 11 and 12, 2021). I like to visit every year because their convent has always attracted me. I must say that I lived most of my childhood in a presbytery in Gaspésie when my aunt was the cook of the village priest. 
The Grey Nuns Convent is a magnificent historical site and it is to be hoped that it will one day become a public museum. To be continued... 
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