La prison de Quebec, 1912

The quebec prison “mr george manly muir, a member of the st. Vincent de paul society, visits the prisoners. As he urges them to mend their ways, one replies: “what do you want, even if we wanted to, we couldn’t. Once lost, we are without resources, no one wants to receive us anymore. » struck by this response, mr. Muir conceived the project of a refuge. In 1850, he became the instigator of the work of the good shepherd. » - sistersdubonpasteur. Ca. Date: 1912.