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Also known as: Eugénie Milleret de Brou; Eugénie Milleret de Bron:
Mere Marie Eugénie
Profile
Raised in a family with no belief, she converted and felt a call to
religious life by hearing the sermons of Lacordaire at the Cathedral of
Notre Dame in Paris, France. Had a short novitiate with the Sisters of
the Visitation at Cote Saint-Andre, but did not take vows.
During a pilgrimage to the shrine of Sainte-Anne d'Auray in 1825 she
felt called to found a teaching institute that worked in the world, but
kept monastic observances. In 1839 she founded the group later named the
Congregation of the Assumption (Religious of the Assumption, Sisters of
the Assumption) to perform this mission. The Assumptionists received
papal approval in 1888.
Born: 1817 at Metz, France as Eugenie Milleret de Brou (de Bron)
Died: 10 March 1898 at Antevil
Beatified: 9 February 1975 by Pope Paul VI
Canonized: pending
Prayers
Lord, Jesus Christ, you gave Marie Eugenie the grace of belonging
entirely to you. You filled her with an ardent desire to know You and
make You known, to love You and make You loved. May the Church, which
she so greatly loved and served, recognize her way to holiness and
proclaim her a saint among the Saints in Heaven. Grant us all grace to
live as she did in holiness and love, faithful to our particular
vocation for Your glory and the salvation of the world. Amen.
-prayer for the canonization of Mother Marie Eugenie
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Father of all Goodness, You revealed to Marie Eugenie the mystery of
Your Holiness. In her rediscovered faith, You made her understand that
all honor and glory are given You by a humanity restored in Jesus
Christ. Send us the fullness of Your Holy Spirit! May He make us adorers
in Spirit and in Truth! And may peoples of all tongues, races and
nations become but one, to the praise of Your Glory, forever and ever.
Amen.
-prayer in honor of Blessed Marie Eugenie |
