Brothers of Our Lady of the Fields
The Brothers of Our Lady of the Fields were a small Canadian Roman Catholic congregation active between 1902 and 1930.History
They were founded in 1902 at St-Damien de Buckland in the Diocese of Quebec by Rev. Joseph-Onésime Brousseau. Their purpose was to train orphans in industrial and agricultural pursuits, and the arts of colonization. In 1905 their building was destroyed by fire. Although reconstruction began in 1906, it was not rebuilt until 1911. The congregation failed to flourish as Rev. Brousseau had desired; at its peak it only had six brothers and four novices. In 1931, Bishop Georges Courchesne of Rimouski merged the Brothers of Our Lady of the Fields with the Clerics of St Viator.
