I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, …

- Maria Monk

My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that …

- Maria Monk

Great dislike to the Bible was shown by those who conversed with me about it, and several have remarked to me, at different times, that if it were no…

- Maria Monk

Others too would occasionally entertain and privately express such doubts; though we all had been most solemnly warned by the cruel murder of Saint F…

- Maria Monk

Some of the priests from the Seminary were in the nunnery every day and night, and often several at a time.

- Maria Monk

Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual o…

- Maria Monk

I have hardly detained the reader long enough on the subject, to give him a just impression of the stress laid on confession. It is one of the great …

- Maria Monk

The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery.

- Maria Monk

A number of girls of my acquaintance went to school to the nuns of the Congregational Nunnery, or Sisters of Charity, as they are sometimes called.

- Maria Monk