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[Illustration: SISTER MARGARET BOURGEOIS Foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame ESTABLISHED IN MONTREAL. CANADA. 1659.]

THE LIFE OF VENERABLE SISTER MARGARET BOURGEOIS,

FOUNDRESS OF THE SISTERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF NOTRE DAME.

ESTABLISHED AT MONTREAL, CANADA, 1659.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH

BY A RELIGIEUSE, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.