- Jeanne Le Ber
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Jeanne Le Ber (
4 January 1662 –3 October 1714 ) was a famous recluse inNew France .As a daughter of
Jacques le Ber , Jeanne was raised within a wealthy and influential family. She took an early interest in the spiritual life of the community and was a frequent visitor with her godmother,Jeanne Mance at the Hôtel-Dieu. She also had a friendship withMarguerite Bourgeoys , the foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame, who influenced her spiritual life.In 1679, events within her religious experience caused her to enter seclusion for a five-year period. She lived in a cell at the rear of the church of the Hôtel-Dieu and left only to attend daily Mass. When the sisters of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame decided to build a church on their property, Jeanne had a three-room apartment behind the altar built to her specifications, in return for a generous gift. Her amended vows, which covered perpetual seclusion, chastity, and poverty, had not caused her to divest herself of properties given to her by her family.
She became a well-known person in the colony, and met with important visitors upon occasion. At her death the remainder of her estate was willed to the sisters of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame.
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Recluse Sisters External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=928 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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