A Picardy peasant, paralysed for twenty-two years then healed at fifty-six, she founded the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur through the Revolution and exile, devoted to educating poor girls. Her whole life fits into one phrase she repeated endlessly.
In their own words
Ah, how good the good God is.
Her constant phrase, Letters
Trust, love, total abandonment into the hands of God: this is our strength, our support.
Words attested by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur