The founder is the pastor Narcisse Bellenger. In 1861, he greets the sisters Saint Thérèse, superior, Saint Louis-de-Gonzague and Marie de-la-Visitation in a new stone building, built on the parish ground obtained through donations and volunteer labor.

The sisters prioritize the education for boys and girls of the region. The girls are accepted as day students and boarders for the elementry and high school levels. The boys are admitted for the primary level as day students only, except between the years 1945 to 1963, at which time they are accepted as boarders. In 1967, the students transfer to a central school and in 1968, the boarding school for girls closes. the sisters live in the convent and continue to teach until 1994. They provide pastoral care and support to the needy.

For more than a century, the sisters provided quality services to the community not only in general education but also in specialies such as piano, typing, stenography, domestic sciences. With equal pride, they initiated the students to acting, singing and art.

Situated on the shores of the Saint Lawrence river, this is an ideal environment for the sisters of the community for vacation and relaxation. His excellency, Louis-Nazaire Begin, Bishop of Quebec spent time at the convent on numerous occasions. December 28, 1906, he writes to Sister Sainte-Clothilde, superior: "I was overwhelmed with my correspondance when your letter arrived. It was a radical cure, superior to all remedies. How good it is to live in your ´Bethany´ , a paradise, in full view of the Saint Lawrence river. It is heaven on earth. The good sisters are like the heavenly angels who come just long enough to provide for your needs. If the peace of Deschambault was to be given to me, I would live to at least one hundred and fifty... ".