In 1641, Father Charles Rapine de Boisvert, former Provincial of the Recollects, Director of Saint-Denis and a distant cousin of her husband, introduced her to Jeanne Mance, a nurse from Champagne and member of the Society of Our Lady of Montréal, who plans to accompany Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve to New France.
In 1641, Father Charles Rapine de Boisvert, former Provincial of the Recollects, Director of Saint-Denis, and a distant relative of her husband, introduced her to Jeanne Mance, a nurse from Champagne and member of the Society of Our Lady of Montréal, who was going to accompany Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve to New France.