Convent and hospital of Saint-Basile (ph_3696)

The Religious Hospitallers collaborated with the organizers of the Acadian Convention held in 1908. About sixty ladies stayed at the convent and four classrooms were reserved for the working in committee. At the grand banquet prepared by the Sisters and served at the refectory of the convent, more than one hundred and fifty place settings were ready for the delegates. There were speeches, toasts and praises for the Sisters’ involvement in the fields of health and education. At that time, there were fifty-two nuns in Saint-Basile and the new monastery was not yet finished. Photo taken around 1908.