A website to Raise Awareness of the Eulalie-Rose Foundation

The Eulalie-Rose Foundation officially launches its website this week. The directors of the charitable organization want to make the Foundation’s mission and orientations better known. Their goal? To facilitate and centralize the collection of donation requests that meet the selection criteria.

The Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary of Quebec (SNJM) have chosen the path of a foundation for several reasons, explains Sr. Claudette Bastien, a member of the organization’s Board of Directors. The first is “to ensure continuity of the vision that has guided our religious Congregation since its foundation 180 years ago”, she explains.

Indeed, before the creation of the Eulalie-Rose Foundation, the SNJMs of Quebec were already supporting various organizations in a variety of ways. Today, the Eulalie-Rose Foundation is taking up the baton by spelling out its orientations, values and selection criteria. “Our aim is to promote the full development of each person in all areas of their life, with a particular concern for those living in situations of poverty and exclusion,” adds Sr. Claudette.     

Supporting more organizations to create a just world

Keeping alive the spirit and mission of their foundress, Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, the SNJMs of Quebec want to contribute building a just, united and inclusive world directly linked to Quebec realities.

Among the other reasons for creating this foundation in January 2022 was the desire to make itself known to not-for-profit organizations, particularly in the places where the SNJMs have worked (from the dioceses of Sherbrooke to Joliette, via those of Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Montreal and Valleyfield). The Foundation focuses on those working in the fields of education, pedagogical support, the development of the arts, human and spiritual growth, personal development and social justice. It remains open to supporting projects from organizations working in Quebec, Canada and internationally, while keeping with the stated criteria.

With this official launch, the members of the Board of Directors intend to bring the Eulalie-Rose Foundation to a wider audience. All members of the SNJM network are invited to send the link to the Eulalie-Rose Foundation website to their contacts, where they will access all the relevant details and the application form for financial assistance. (French only)