Notre Dam De Beauregard/Cistercian Monastery
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Father Clovis Beauregard, a Quebec Roman Catholic priest, started a training school for francophone orphans in 1935 in St. Catharines. His neice Miss Therese St. Jean joined him as a housekeeper and teacher while the boys learned the orchard business.
In 1947, Father Clovis sold the St. Catharines property and moved with his niece and wards to the Moyer fruit farm at lot 17, Concession 8, Esquesing. They moved into the Main Street South farm directly across from Cedarvale Girls' School.
Tragedy struck the farm in 1950 when Father Clovis suffered a fatal heart attack while driving his car.
Therese St. Jean was then in charge of Notre Dame de Beauregard. As the boys graduated from Notre Dame, some stayed here, but their very presence attracted francophone families to live in Georgetown, creating a francophone community here. Miss St. Jean worked tirelessly to have French classes offered at the new Holy Cross School, she pushed for the establishment of a Sacré Coeur parish and then for a separate Sacré Coeur School.
After suffering three strokes, she sold the farm to the Cistercian Monks in 1977. The property is today occupied by the Arbourglen subdivision.
In 1947, Father Clovis sold the St. Catharines property and moved with his niece and wards to the Moyer fruit farm at lot 17, Concession 8, Esquesing. They moved into the Main Street South farm directly across from Cedarvale Girls' School.
Tragedy struck the farm in 1950 when Father Clovis suffered a fatal heart attack while driving his car.
Therese St. Jean was then in charge of Notre Dame de Beauregard. As the boys graduated from Notre Dame, some stayed here, but their very presence attracted francophone families to live in Georgetown, creating a francophone community here. Miss St. Jean worked tirelessly to have French classes offered at the new Holy Cross School, she pushed for the establishment of a Sacré Coeur parish and then for a separate Sacré Coeur School.
After suffering three strokes, she sold the farm to the Cistercian Monks in 1977. The property is today occupied by the Arbourglen subdivision.
