Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe - Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. In A.D. 1805, Antoine Girouard became the third resident priest of the parish of Saint-Hyacinthe. At that time, the parish was very large and …More
Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe - Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
In A.D. 1805, Antoine Girouard became the third resident priest of the parish of Saint-Hyacinthe. At that time, the parish was very large and the settlers, mostly poor and poorly educated, lived far from the center. In addition, displacement is very difficult. Faced with the lack of resources, time, educated people, schoolmasters, priests, the "grand priest of Saint-Hyacinthe" dismembered his parish in order to lighten his task. It was thus that La Presentation was created in A.D. 1806, Saint-Damase in A.D. 1822, Saint-Césaire in A.D. 1823, Saint-Hughes in A.D. 1827, Saint-Pie in A.D. 1828 and Saint-Simon and Sainte-Rosalie in A.D. 1832. In the same vein, he created between A.D. 1810 and A.D. 1832 a complete educational organization comprising more than ten schools of rank. Canon Choquette acknowledged that the primary intent of Cure Girouard behind the founding of the Seminary in A.D. 1811 was the establishment of a nursery of priests. However, he also notes the importance of the Canadian fatherland in the affection and zeal of Messire Antoine Girouard. Opinion shared by more than one, if one believes the speech of Bishop Raymond during the translation of the body of the great parish priest of Saint-Hyacinthe in A.D. 1861.
The institution which is canonically erected as an ecclesiastical seminary on June 13, 1842. On July 23, 1842, Monsignor Joseph LaRocque became its first Superior and on October 18, 1853, the displacement of the portrait of the founder towards the new premises marks the rupture between the two buildings. On December 27, 1853, the old College became the cathedral of Saint-Hyacinthe until May 17, 1854.
In A.D. 1805, Antoine Girouard became the third resident priest of the parish of Saint-Hyacinthe. At that time, the parish was very large and the settlers, mostly poor and poorly educated, lived far from the center. In addition, displacement is very difficult. Faced with the lack of resources, time, educated people, schoolmasters, priests, the "grand priest of Saint-Hyacinthe" dismembered his parish in order to lighten his task. It was thus that La Presentation was created in A.D. 1806, Saint-Damase in A.D. 1822, Saint-Césaire in A.D. 1823, Saint-Hughes in A.D. 1827, Saint-Pie in A.D. 1828 and Saint-Simon and Sainte-Rosalie in A.D. 1832. In the same vein, he created between A.D. 1810 and A.D. 1832 a complete educational organization comprising more than ten schools of rank. Canon Choquette acknowledged that the primary intent of Cure Girouard behind the founding of the Seminary in A.D. 1811 was the establishment of a nursery of priests. However, he also notes the importance of the Canadian fatherland in the affection and zeal of Messire Antoine Girouard. Opinion shared by more than one, if one believes the speech of Bishop Raymond during the translation of the body of the great parish priest of Saint-Hyacinthe in A.D. 1861.
The institution which is canonically erected as an ecclesiastical seminary on June 13, 1842. On July 23, 1842, Monsignor Joseph LaRocque became its first Superior and on October 18, 1853, the displacement of the portrait of the founder towards the new premises marks the rupture between the two buildings. On December 27, 1853, the old College became the cathedral of Saint-Hyacinthe until May 17, 1854.