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The Cercles des Jeunes Naturalistes were founded in 1931 on the initiative of Brother Adrien Rivard, who presented the idea to the Société Canadienne d’Histoire Naturelle, headed by Brother Marie-Victorin. The association, whose mission was to introduce young people in Quebec to knowledge of flora and fauna, was a great success with religious congregations. In Charlesbourg, the Marist Brothers led the association.
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.

Natural sciences on the program

Auteur inconnu The Cercles des Jeunes Naturalistes were founded in 1931 on the initiative of Brother Adrien Rivard, who presented the idea to the Société Canadienne d’Histoire Naturelle, headed by Brother Marie-Victorin. The association, whose mission was to introduce young people in Quebec to knowledge of flora and fauna, was a great success with religious congregations. In Charlesbourg, the Marist Brothers led the association.
Chronoscope Can you comment on the movement’s presence in Québec City? (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