188 THEISLAND ACADIANS

Emilienne Arsenault (Sister Saint Fulbert), the first native Island Acadian to become a nun. Musée Acadien.

who founded the convents in Miscouche, Tignish and Rustico that were among the first on the Island. This religious order took in many Acadian women including Emilienne Arsenault (Sister Saint Fulbert) from Egmont Bay who was the first native Island Acadian to become a nun. She became a novice in 1874.

Many young Acadian women took the veil in various religious orders throughout North America®’, and particularly in the Sisters of the Holy Family in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Mother Evangéline Gallant, an Island Acadian born in Egmont Bay, became highly distinguished in her congregation. She entered the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns)