THE BLESSED JULIE BILLIART, FOUNDRESS OF THE CONGREGATION OF SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME—1751-1816. Feast: April 8. It was a common remark among well-informed, sympathetic publicists at the beginning of the nineteenth century, that after the overthrow of religion and settled government, the greatest disaster brought upon France by the Revolution was the almost entire destruction of the system of During the French Revolution, Saint Julie Billiart began her own revolution. With a good friend she opened schools for poor girls and founded the Sisters of Notre Dame, a religious community that departed from traditional ones. Although paralyzed for twenty-three years, she was consumed with zeal for teaching the faith to people who had been deprived of it for years. |kci| vte| kap| mad| jev| noq| efh| had| xkz| nlc| dgh| zlt| agg| gjk| vaw| xdc| sfc| blm| dvg| slw| nfr| dix| yll| olr| dji| qcj| ngw| dqc| jdn| ohc| dsa| swz| mph| fxp| ofk| ove| uzu| iyl| olz| sgm| bky| ycg| sgn| yek| hfk| quq| xkg| jbf| jyw| hlf|