St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

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Born at Joigny, Burgundy, France, on December 12, the daughter of a cooper, she was educated by her older brother Louis, who later became a priest and who imposed the strictest discipline and penances on her. On his recommendation, Father Varin, who planned to form an institute of women to teach girls, a female counterpart of the Jesuits, received her and three companions into the religious life in 1800, thus founding the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. They founded their first convent and school at Amiens the following year, and in 1802, Madeleine, though the youngest member of the group, now grown to twenty-three, was appointed Superior; she was to rule for sixty-three years. The Society spread throughout France, absorbed a community of Visitation nuns at Grenoblein in 1804 (among whom was Blessed Phillipine Duchesne, who was to bring the Society to the United States in 1818), and received formal approval from Pope Leo XII in 1826. In 1830 the Society's novitiate at Poitiers was closed by the Revolution, and Madeleine founded a new novitiate in Switzerland. By the time of her death in Paris on May 21, she had opened more than 100 houses and schools in twelve countries. She was canonized in 1925. Her feast day is May 25th.

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Doris
5 months ago
Could Sophie be chosen for a confirmation name? She was referred to as Sophie many times in the article?
gabriella
8 months ago
i am going to pick her for my confomation.
Decoda
9 months ago
Wow she did alot in her life very intersting
Brittney
1 year ago
Thankyou :) i think im going to choose this as my confirmation name...or isabelle. but this was my nunnas's name as she recently passed away..Is it Madeline or Madeleine?? I think its the second one?? okk thankyou so much shes my inspiration
Rachael
1 year ago
What an incredibly smart and generous woman. I am very happy to have chosen her as my confirmation name.
julie ann salve
2 years ago
her feast day is my birthday......
Riley
2 years ago
Very Helpful I used the for my Comformation
Maria
2 years ago
This hasen't helped no matter what other people have said i wanted to know the meaning and stuff instead of a load of stuff i DON'T want. sorry but this is how i feel.
maddie
2 years ago
i picked madeline for my confirmation name i love so much she seemed to help alot of people i am very glad to have her name
Madeline
2 years ago
I was named after this saint! I love her alot. I like my name.
Eliza
3 years ago
This lady was very christian, i picked Madeline for my confirmation name! its a ;lovely name
marissa
3 years ago
i am doing a project on this saint
Lily
3 years ago
I chose this name for confirmation - she's a very kind person and Madeleine is a beautiful name.
someone
3 years ago
This is the saint l chose for my project at school
Megan
3 years ago
this is thew saint i picked for my saint project in English
Madieline
3 years ago
Why is she patron?
sally
3 years ago
my school is related to her.its opened 100 years ago. my school's baradene.
http://www.baradene.school.nz is the school website. i'm looking for more facts about her. i need some help!
allison
4 years ago
I am also considering her for my confirmation name,she seems to have done a lot for Christianity
Delaney
4 years ago
This is the Saint I picked for Confirmation. I find Saint Madeleine was a great woman. It is an honor to take her name.
Allison
4 years ago
She should inspire us all. This info helped me to choose my saint name for my confirmation. Thanks!

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