title: Marguerite d'Youville: woman of compassion.
abstract: The Church canonized one of our own: the "Mother of Universal Charity," as Pope John XXIII so aptly called her in 1959, a sister of action and contemplation who opened her heart to the urgent needs of her time, a Canadian wife and mother who innovated hospital and health care, a person for whom love knew no boundaries.
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Paquin
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002410:Catholicism; D002608:Charities / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000266:history*