The Wax Jesus

The tradition of the wax Jesus was brought to this country by an Ursuline nun from France, Sister Saint Claire. She made the first Canadian wax Jesus for Amerindians at the request of Father Lallemant.

The Ursulines kept all the necessary material for the figurines: bee's wax, plaster moulds in different sizes, glass eyes, the natural hair of children and nuns, dolls' clothes of delicately hand-embroidered cotton and linen.

Among other religious orders, the Augustines, the Sisters of Charity and the Sisters of our Lady of Perpetual Aid also produced wax figures of Jesus.