cultmtl.com/2026/10/montreal-once-had-a-convent-where-teenage-nuns-slept-in-coffins Montreal once had a convent where teenage nuns slept in coffins
An 1898 Montreal Star account described the Convent of the Holy Face, an unorthodox Catholic community founded by Dr. Louis A.G. Jacques in his Amherst Street home. Reports say about 14 nuns, mostly teenagers, slept in coffins and practiced extreme asceticism before the group relocated.
