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In 1937, the parish hall welcomed a troupe from the Collège de Charlesbourg to perform a choral speaking piece entitled Sa Majesté la Langue Française. This tribute came at a time when the country was going through several linguistic conflicts, such as a ban on teaching French in Manitoba and Ontario.
1904 - 1953

The Collège Saint-Charles and the Marist Brothers in Charlesbourg

The Académie de Charlesbourg was founded in 1904. The Marist Brothers found refuge in Quebec after the separation of the Church and State in France at the turn of the century. With their reputation as good teachers, they were recruited by the parish priest of Charlesbourg, Monsignor Louis-David Gosselin, who was looking for an institution to educate the peasants’ sons. The school was enlarged in 1943. Apart from the period between 1914 and 1922 when they aided France in the war, the Marist Brothers remained in Charlesbourg until 1962, when they were replaced by lay people.

Sa Majesté la Langue Française

Auteur inconnu In 1937, the parish hall welcomed a troupe from the Collège de Charlesbourg to perform a choral speaking piece entitled Sa Majesté la Langue Française. This tribute came at a time when the country was going through several linguistic conflicts, such as a ban on teaching French in Manitoba and Ontario.
Chronoscope What do you notice in this image? (unilingual French for a limited time) Source: Société d’histoire de Charlesbourg Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Société d'histoire de Charlesbourg - Date: 1937-05-02