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St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus
Foundress of the Religious of the Assumption
10th march, 2013
WITH YOU, WE CAN
Who is she?She is Anne Eugenie Milleret de Brou, later to become St. S Eugenie of Jesus, the future foundress of the Religious of the Assumption
The family of St. Mª Eugenie of Jesus
Anne Eugenie’s father, Jacques Milleret, had met Eleonore-Eugenie de Brou in Luxembourg.
Five children, three boys and two girls, were born to them.
Anne Marie Eugenie was born in 1817 in Metz, into a wealthy family and grew up in a chateau in the suburb of Priesch, north of Paris
The family of St. Mª Eugenie of Jesus
She grew up in a family that had no interest in religion or Jesus Christ, but
that was privileged, wealthy and passionate about politics and social
justice
The family of St. Mª Eugenie of Jesus
Preisch, Metz, France
Anne Eugenie was baptized on October 5, 1817 in her family’s own chapel at Preisch.
For Anne Eugenie, Preisch meant the countryside, an atmosphere of
freedom, games with Louis, walks, the joys of childhood, the vast library, visits to the poor with her mother,
parties.
¡Navidad de 1829!
At the age of 12, Anne-Eugénie made her First Holy Communion at the Church of
Saint Segolene
First Communion of St. Mª Eugenie of Jesus
First Communion of St. Mª Eugenie of Jesus
“The moment I received Jesus Christ, it was as if everything I had seen on earth was only a passing shadow.”
First Communion of St. Mª Eugenie of Jesus
Through receiving this sacrament, she experienced the presence of God, a mystical
moment, one about which she would talk throughout the rest of her life
In 1830, her father lost his fortune and had to put
Preisch up for sale. In the house in Metz, too, sheriff’s seals were everywhere. An even more bitter drama was the separation of her
parents.
For Sale
Anne Eugenie went to live in Paris with her mother while Louis remained with M.
Milleret.
For Sale
In 1832, a cholera epidemic ravaged the capital. Mme.
Milleret became ill; within a few hours
she was dead.
Anne Eugenie was fifteen, alone and in great distress.
Her father then sent Marie Eugenie to live with very Catholic cousins in Paris.
Then God intervened. In Lent 1836, Anne Eugenie heard Father Lacordaire in Notre Dame:
He spoke to her heart. She realised that she had to give her life to
God.
As she said later, "My vocation dates from
Notre Dame."
It was only the next year that chance - or the hand of God -
brought her into contact with Fr. Combalot.
Combalot told her that he was looking for someone to help him
found a religious order devoted to Mary and to the education of the
poor, and thought that Anne-Eugénie would be such a
foundress. At the age of 22, with four
young companions, she founded the Religious of the
Assumption
Fr. d’Alzon founded the Augustinians of the Assumption 6 years after the foundation of the Religious of the
Assumption
Fr. d‘Alzon became her spiritual
director and intimate friend
for 40 years .
And the rest, as they say, is history.
The foundation of the Assumption
First apartment at Rue Ferou
April 30, 1839 :
Foundation Day
Religious of the
Assumption
Appartment on Rue Ferou
On April 30, 1839, Anne Eugenie Milleret and Anastasia Bevier met in a small
apartment on Rue Ferou, a tiny lane near Saint Sulpice. Year after year, Marie Eugenie would celebrate that
anniversary foundation of the Religious of the Assumption on by recounting once more the amazing deeds of God.
“In the Assumption,
everything is from Jesus Christ, everything
belongs to Jesus Christ,
everything must be for Jesus
Christ.”
Site of the first boarding school at Impasse des
Vignes which opened in the Spring of 1842 with 14
students.
On August 10, 1857, the Community left the heart of the city and went to Auteuil; To the
Chateau was added the boarding school. The new monastery
became the heart of the Congregation and would be the
House of Mother Marie Eugenie for 40 years.
The Auteuil property, 1857, Paris - Mother
House (Original)
AuteuilMother House of the
Religious of the Assumption (Present)
March 10, 1898
Death of Marie
Eugenie
Beatification of Marie Eugenie
February 9, 1975 St. Peter’s
Basilica, Rome
Canonization of Marie Eugenie
Sunday June 3, 2007Celebration of the CANONIZATION
at St. Peter’s Square
“The earth is a place of God's
glory”M.M.EUGENIE
What inspired her? ~ Reign of God
• A lifestyle and a mission lived in the following of Jesus and under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.• A way of life that creates an interior order of priorities and values that structures persons and society in love, justice and peace.
“It pains me to hear this earth called a land of exile. I consider it a place of
glory for God.”
What inspired her… ~ the basis of her
pedagogy … To challenge a worldly education whose
instruction was superficial;
“…hearts that do not beat for anything broad-minded…”
An authentic Christianity and not a external piety;
To give girls a formation of the whole person in the light of Christ
To transform those who are too narrow-minded in their religiosity ~
The Educational Project Educate to help persons transform their way of thinking and acting, to transform their Social environment
Born from a double vision~– The REIGN of God – beginning and end of everything
– Christian Society – where God is recognized, loved and served
Formation of the intelligence enlightened by faith ~ Christianize the Intelligence
Social Transformation Today
Education Education
for for Justice, Justice,
Respect for Respect for Creation, Creation,
Peace Peace
and and SolidaritySolidarity
The Assumption in the Word
8-marzo-2013
Assumption in Gijón
Now (2013)1907
HAPPY DAY OF ST. Mª EUGENIEHAPPY DAY OF ST. Mª EUGENIE
The earth is a place of God's glory
St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus