Geneviève Boucher

Geneviève Boucher (August 19, 1676 – May 30, 1766) was a Canadian Ursuline nun also known as Mère (Mother) Geneviève de Saint-Pierre, O.S.U., or simply Mère de Saint-Pierre.

Life The youngest daughter of Pierre Boucher, Governor of Trois-Rivières and Seigneur of Boucherville, and Jeanne Crevier, she was born in Boucherville. In 1694, she left home to enter the novitiate of the Ursulines of Quebec and received the religious habit of the Order and her religious name from Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier, the Bishop of Quebec, on 14 September of that year. Two years later, on 18 September 1696, she professed religious vows and became a member of the Order.