Eudist Fathers’ Juvenate

A work of formation

A 30,000-franc donation from Father Théophile Ory made it possible to establish the Eudist Fathers’ Apostolic School. Seven young men were welcomed to the Sainte-Marie rectory in September 1894. The school prepared those considering entry into the Congregation of Jesus and Mary. After a first stay in Bathurst in 1916, a fire at the temporary college brought them back to Church Point in 1917. The rectory burned on September 20, 1920; the study room and dormitory moved into the covered rink at Sainte-Anne College, then to an annex of the convent. The community settled permanently in Bathurst in 1921 and at the Blessed John Eudes House in 1923.

Life at the house in pictures

19 archival photographs: places, people, and community life.

Church Point Juvenate — exterior
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Juvenists in June 1913
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Juvenists at a log drive
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Juvenists with Father De la Motte, 1920
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Juvenists with Father François de Nugent
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Fire of September 20, 1920
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Study room and dormitory in the rink after the fire
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“A Priest’s Heart” play, 1916
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Group of juvenists
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“The Red Dollars” play, 1916
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Juvenists in 1918
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Juvenists on an outing in Comeauville, 1918
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A house in Comeauville, 1918
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Juvenists on an outing in 1921
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“Vercingetorix” play, 1920
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Father Siméon Comeau’s family, 1907
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