Category: Sulpiciens de Nouvelle-France
Categories: Prêtres du Canada, Nouvelle-France | Canada, Nouvelle-France | Catholic Religious Orders
Of historic interest, there is a museum collection of St-Sulpice, of which an exposition was done, catalog can be found here (text in French):
La Compagnie des prêtres de Saint-Sulpice, appelés aussi Sulpiciens, est une société de vie apostolique catholique fondée en 1645 à Paris par Jean-Jacques Olier de Verneuil (1608-1657). Ses membres sont appelés des sulpiciens, menant une vie commune sans vœux. À ce titre, ils ne sont pas considérés comme des religieux. La compagnie est nommée en l'honneur de Sulpice le Pieux. Ils signent « P.S.S. »
Au Canada, en 1671, François Dollier de Casson est nommé Supérieur de l'Ordre de Saint-Sulpice et Grand Vicaire de Montréal. Il fera ériger dès 1674 la première église Notre-Dame de Ville Marie puis en 1684 il pose les premières pierres du vieux séminaire de Saint-Sulpice de la rue Notre-Dame. Il est aussi l'auteur de "L'Histoire du Montréal" dédié aux infirmes du Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice à Paris. Wikipédia: Prêtres de Saint-Sulpice
The Society of the Priests of Saint-Sulpice ("Society of Saint-Sulpice", French: Compagnie des Prêtres de Saint-Sulpice; Latin: Societas Presbyterorum a Santo Sulpitio) is a society of apostolic life of the Catholic Church named for the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for Sulpitius the Pious, where they were founded. Typically, priests become members of the Society of the Priests of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. The purpose of the society is mainly the education of priests and to some extent parish work. As their main role is the education of those preparing to become members of the presbyterate, Sulpicians place great emphasis on the academic and spiritual formation of their own members, who commit themselves to undergoing lifelong development in these areas.
Saint-Sulpice Seminary in Old Montreal.
The Sulpicians played a major role in the founding of the Canadian city of Montreal, where they engaged in missionary activities, trained priests and constructed the Saint-Sulpice Seminary.
The Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, of which Jean-Jacques Olier was an active founder, was granted the land of Montreal from the Company of One Hundred Associates, which owned New France, in the goals of converting Indians and to provide schools and hospitals for both colonists and the indigenous population. The Jesuits served as missionaries for the small colony until 1657 when Jean-Jacques Olier sent four priests from the Saint-Sulpice seminary in Paris to form the first parish.[6] In 1663, France decided to take royal administration over New France, taking it away from the Company of One Hundred Associates, and in the same year the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal ceded its possessions to the Seminaire de Saint-Sulpice. Just as in Paris, the Montreal Sulpicians had important civil responsibilities. Most notably, they acted as seigneurs for Montreal as part of the Seigneurial system of New France. Wikipedia: Priests of Saint-Sulpice
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