Ursulines, The

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• The Ursulines —     The Ursulines     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Ursulines     A religious order founded by St. Angela de Merici for the sole purpose of educating young girls. It was the first teaching order of women established in the Church, and up to the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Barber Family —     The Barber Family     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Barber Family     Daniel Barber     Daniel Barber, soldier of the Revolution, Episcopalian minister and convert, b. at Simsbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., 2 October, 1756; d. at Saint Inigoes,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ursulines — Saint Ursula, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, c. 1455–60. The Ursulines (in full: Ursulines of the Roman Union) are a Roman Catholic religious order for women founded at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Angela de Merici in November 1535, primarily for the… …   Wikipedia

• Ursulines of Quebec — The Ursuline Convent of Quebec City , (french: Couvent Ursulines), founded in 1639, is the oldest institution of learning for women in North America. Today, the convent operates an historical museum [ [http://www.museocapitale.qc.ca/014a.htm… …   Wikipedia

• The Ursulines of Quebec —     The Ursulines of Quebec     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Ursulines of Quebec     The Ursuline monastery of Quebec is the oldest institution of learning for women in North America. Its history begins on 1 August, 1639, when its first members… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ursulines of Quebec, The — • The oldest institution of learning for women in North America Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Bollandists —     The Bollandists     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists     An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Counter-Reformation —     The Counter Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Counter Reformation     The subject will be considered under the following heads:     I. Significance of the term II. Low ebb of Catholic fortunes III. St. Ignatius and the Jesuits,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ursulines —    A religious order of women, in the Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1535 at Brescia, by Angela Merici. The order was established in France in 1584, and spread to Germany and other European countries. In 1639 four members of the order, Madame… …   The makers of Canada

• Ursulines de Loudun — Affaire des démons de Loudun L affaire des démons de Loudun, aussi appelée affaire des possédées de Loudun est une chasse aux sorcières lancée par le cardinal de Richelieu dans les années 1630, contre le prêtre catholique Urbain Grandier, de la… …   Wikipédia en Français