The Jesuit Relations, a series of annual reports produced between 1632 and 1673 detailing the experiences of Society of Jesus missionaries in what is now Eastern Canada, have long been an influential source on the history of New France and encounters between European settlers and Indigenous Peoples.
At the age of nineteen, Catherine Spalding (17931858) ventured into what would become a lifetime of leadership with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN)one of the most significant American religious communities for women.
