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Period Cross

Photograph of a brown wooden cross where the words “charity” “obedience” “patience” and “humility” appear in golden characters on each end.

Cross, artifact, 18th century.

Source : Musée des Ursulines de Trois-Rivières, photograph by Alexandre Pétrin

The obedience, patience, humility and charity virtues appearing on this ancient cross are dear to Christianity and represent the qualities the colonists of New France must demonstrate very well.