 The Monastery of Our Lady of Good Counsel, at Saint-Romuald near Quebec City, the first genuine community of Cistercian nuns in America, was established in 1902 by Mother Lutgarde, Prioress of Bonneval, France, when on 21 November 1902, she brought a small colony of religious women.On 29 July of the following year Mgr.Marois, as delegate of the Archbishop of Quebec, blessed the new monastery.