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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Series | | No.: | PR0077.0020 | | TITLE: | Val-Marie community, Saskatchewan | | CREATOR: | SASV-Val-Marie community | | DATE RANGE: | 1910-1985 | | EXTENT: | 0.30 m of textual records | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | In January 1929 the parish priest asked the Sisters of the Assumption to come to Val-Marie, in order to provide education to the French-speaking settlers. Because of the Depression, political problems connected to Catholicism and because of a serious drought, the Sisters did not arrive until 1939. A boarding-school was built and the number of students increased. The school included several students who were not Catholic, and the teaching of French and religion was periodically questioned by the local authorities. In the 1960s, the number of Sisters teaching at the school diminished rapidly. In 1985 the Sisters left Val-Marie and their house was given to the Diocese. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The series includes the school records. It consists of chronicles and historical notes (1910-1985), programs of special events (1939-1968), inventories (1941-1963), list of students’ awards (1939-1964), list of communions and confirmations (1940-1973), correspondence and administrative papers, including personal papers of the Bishop of Gravelbourg (1936-1961), yearbooks and publications (1955-1985). | | LANGUAGE NOTE: | French | | RELATED FONDS: | PR0077 (Sœurs de l’Assomption de la Sainte-Vierge)
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