 It is situated on the corner of Saint Laurent Boulevard and Jarry Street opposite Jarry Park.In 1911, the Archbishop of Montreal, Paul Bruchési with the Society of Jesus created the foundation "École sociale populaire" to help the Catholic Church adapt to the needs of people living in the expanding urban centres of the 20th-century.It drew its inspiration from Catholic social teaching laid out in Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" in 1891.