si4>v6bsJ5(Unikkaaqtaujut)Sharing Stories
Sharing our stories of Inuit culture from the voices of elders and youth on our rich history, land, and people within our territory.
Stories
The Grey Nun’s of Nicolet (QC) in Chesterfield Inlet
In September, 1912, Father Arsene Turquetil (1876 – 1955), Oblate of Mary Immaculate, sent out by Bishop Ovide Charlebois,O.M.I., Bishop of Keewatin, came to establish the first catholic mission among the Inuit of Hudson Bay at Chesterfield Inlet, N.W.T. On July 2, 1917, feast day of “Our Lady-of-the-Delivrande”, patron saint of the new mission, the first […]
