Description

Grey Nuns, the name commonly given to 6 distinct Roman Catholic religious communities of women, all spring from the original foundation, the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général, in Montréal. There, in 1737, a young widow, Madame d’Youville formed a charitable lay association, which opened a house for the poor. Ten years later they took on the management of the Hôpital Général of Montréal from the Charon Brothers.