Émilie Gamelin
1800-1851 19th century
Letting grief open into charity, serving the poor with joy.
Who was Émilie Gamelin?
A woman of Montreal, she lost her husband and three children within a few years. From that grief grew a service to the most destitute: the aged, the sick, prisoners, the mentally ill. At her bishop's request she founded the Sisters of Providence, who spread through Canada and beyond.
In their own words
Humility, simplicity, charity.
Serve the poor with compassion, with joy, with love.