Pôle culturel du Monastère des Ursulines — Attraction in Quebec

This chapel has a forgotten captivative painting, a must see! It depicts redemption or the purchase of white Christian slaves from the Muslim slave traders. A stunning piece of forgotten history. Front and centre of the painting is a large pile of gold coins. It is surrounded by three main characters, semingly making the trade. Two men dressed in traditional Muslim dress sit opposite of three man standing, dressed in traditional christian attire. Behind the two sitting figures, a large group of men all in disarray. White slaves are bound by their hands with chains and whipped above their heads with a whip held by their captors dressed in traditional muslim turbans. In the far background, two separate scenes depicting the torture of slaves. And in the opposite upper corner is a divine figure looking from above the clouds. The whole seen is tragic, yet, so inspiring! I would love to know more about this painting, is unfortunately there was no information provided. Hopefully the museum will...

Excellent museum, well maintained and full of artifacts that will show you objectively what these nuns did and another example of what Catholics missions did around the world to bring Catholicism, the catholic religion and ultimately the catholic church to all parts of the world as our Lord Jesus Christ asked of of us all Catholics. This museum is excellent because it shows that the feminist groups only destroyed woman and young girls. Instead this nuns brought education, health and more important, the catholic faith to Quebec thus evangelizing and enabling a strong society with the Catholic faith at the top of everything. Excellent museum and beautiful church next to. Highly recommended! Viva Cristo Rey y la Santisima...

I was amazed the first time I took this tour, not just with the content (which is fascinating) but with how incredibly well it was delivered. This place sets a new standard for exhibits in Quebec and could stand proud next to best exhibits I've seen in Paris, Madrid, or Rome, Dublin, and London. The tour has a particularly strong impact on the students we take there, because most of them are the same age as the kids who would have arrived to become sisters, leaving the world they knew behind for the rest of their lives. If you have any interest at all in the history of the Ursuline Sisters in Quebec - or indeed the Ursuline Sisters in general - then take this tour, you'll...