St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
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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Could Sophie be chosen for a confirmation name? She was referred to as Sophie many times in the article?
i am going to pick her for my confomation.
Wow she did alot in her life very intersting
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
What an incredibly smart and generous woman. I am very happy to have chosen her as my confirmation name.
her feast day is my birthday......
Very Helpful I used the for my Comformation
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.
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
I was named after this saint! I love her alot. I like my name.
This lady was very christian, i picked Madeline for my confirmation name! its a ;lovely name
i am doing a project on this saint
I chose this name for confirmation - she's a very kind person and Madeleine is a beautiful name.
This is the saint l chose for my project at school
this is thew saint i picked for my saint project in English
Why is she patron?
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!
I am also considering her for my confirmation name,she seems to have done a lot for Christianity
This is the Saint I picked for Confirmation. I find Saint Madeleine was a great woman. It is an honor to take her name.
She should inspire us all. This info helped me to choose my saint name for my confirmation. Thanks!