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ABOUT US - History, Culture and Heritage
1854 A college for Acadians, the Séminaire St-Thomas is founded by the abbé F.X. Lafrance.
1862 Under the weight of various obstacles and problems, the
seminary closes its doors.
1864 June 7th - Father Lefebvre arrives in Acadia.
The college reopens under the new name of
"Collège de Saint-Joseph".
October 10th - The newly formed college opens its doors to
62 students. The Collège was first and foremost for Catholics,
but also mostly for Acadians. That is why for the first few years,
Irish and Scottish Catholics were admitted. Father Lefebvre had
given the educational institution a bilingual mandate.
1868 March 23rd, the Collège is officially recognized by the legislature of
New Brunswick as the Université de Saint-Joseph. This incorporation now
allows the Université to confer degrees. From this date onward, the Collège
receives an annual allocation of $400. This amount was doubled in 1869.
1869
Construction of the Collège de Saint-Joseph's first chapel (annex.)
1871 On May 10th, a law abolishing school segregation was passed in N.B. Only
nondenominational schools would now be eligible to receive government subsidies. In
order to safeguard the Collège's ability to take action, Father Lefebvre refuses all
subsidies after 1875.
1875 Father Lefebvre has a 4 story building built since the old one is now too small
to fit all the students.
1876 On January 17th, 145 students enter the new Collège.
1885 Expansion undertaken at the Collège (Cormier wing) which now
includes a new chapel.
1895 January 28th, Father Lefebvre dies.
February 28th, former students of the Collège
meet and decide to erect a monument
commemorating Father Lefebvre.
December 16th, construction begins on
the Monument Lefebvre.
1896 Construction of the Monument Lefebvre. The monument will
house a museum, a study, a chemistry lab and a classroom on
the upper floor (theatre-auditorium).
1898 Minor extension added to the Cormier wing; student
enrollment reaches 200.
1906 England's Oxford University extends privileges given to
colonial universities to the Université. Its diplomas are now
recognized all over the British Empire.
1914 50th Anniversary of the Collège; a bronze statue of
Father Lefebvre is unveiled; a major extension is added to
the Collège.
1928 The number of students remains constant at 350.
1932 A new chapel is built at the Collège (perpendicular wing); it is finished
in 1933.
1933 October 20th - fire breaks out at the Collège.
November 13th, courses begin again in Moncton. English literary and rhetoric classes
are transported to Saint-Jean. A new building, the current structure, is built and
ready to welcome students on October 20.
1965 The Université de Saint-Joseph becomes the Université de Moncton.
1966 The Memramcook Institute becomes an integral part of the Université de Moncton's
outreach services. From this time on, it will become an adult residential education centre.
1967 The provincial government of N.B. buys the Institute's property and begins
extensive renovations. The total cost is approximately three million dollars.
1968 With a law passed by the Legislative Assembly of N.B., the Memramcook
Institute becomes an independent corporation managed by a board of directors
made up of nine members.
The Memramcook Institute has three affiliates, namely the Memramcook Resort, ATHENE - Training
Services and the National Life/Work Centre.
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