Statue wax

Marie-Marguerite Dufrost De Lajemmerais was born in Varennes in 1751. She married François-Madeleine d’Youville and had six children, only two of whom survived. Her husband died when she was just 28. From then on, she devoted herself to helping the poor. In 1737, she joined forces with Marie-Louise Thaumur de La Source, Catherine Cusson and Marie-Catherine Demers Dessermont to form the Sisters of Charity. A few months later, they o...