'Marie-Rose, Stigmatisée de Woonsocket' : The Construction of a Franco-American Saint Cult, 1930-1955
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Title
'Marie-Rose, Stigmatisée de Woonsocket' : The Construction of a Franco-American Saint Cult, 1930-1955
Description
From a publication of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association. Essay that situates the early-twentieth-century "mystic stigmatic" figure of Marie-Rose Ferron in a Franco American religious history. Using Ferron's biography as measure, Kaell sees the fringe cult around her, as well as her failed canonization, in contrast with the popular saintly tradition of the Canadian Thérèse of Lisieux. Kaell teases out this and other comparisons between Franco and Québécois religiosity and nationalism using Ferron's life and history. From the author: "First, this paper is an examination of how a hagiographer, Onésime Boyer, worked to create a saint cult that ultimately ended in failure. Second, and more importantly, this paper uses Boyer’s construction of Rose’s cult to provide a window into Franco-American Catholic culture that was incorporating wider trends, like 'victimhood,' and anchoring itself firmly in an American milieu. Finally, this paper raises a number of questions for further study, urging more comprehensive analyses of Franco-American history and religion."
Creator
Kaell, Hillary
Source
Date
2007
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
Identifier
Coverage
1930-1955; Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Contribution Form
Zotero
ISSN
0827-1704
Pages
7-26
Publication Title
Historical Studies
URL
http://umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Historical%20Studies%20vol%2073%20Final%20(2).pdf (full text available here)
Volume
73