Happily, during the interval that elapsed between the writing and the publication of this book, the process of canonizing Venerable Sister Bourgeois has been commenced, and splendid ecclesiastical services were held in the spring of 1879 in the city of Montreal, in unison with the canonical proceedings. The canonization of this saintly woman will give to the church in America, a second acknowledged intercessor in heaven, St. Rose of Lima being the first, and will procure new triumphs for the Faith in "the land of the West," where such triumphs are numerous and marvellous. THE AUTHORESS.
[Transcriber's Note: The title of Chapter IX in the original reads:
"THE RULES OF THE CONGREGATION, AND ESTAB-
MENT OF MISSIONS."
The missing characters have been restored in this text.]