A young girl who knew the sisters writes as follows:
“It is a fact that our country sides are in a bad state, there is so much wretchedness, much ignorance, physical and moral evil. No one comes to the help of all this suffering. No one sees the good that could be done, here there is a splendid opening for any Christian. The Marist Sisters are opening a little convent in Jarnosse. No one would have dreamed of choosing a poky hole like that, but Providence sees further than people and does not disdain the last and the least. At the head of the work is the Foundress of the Marist Sisters. She is already an old woman, a generous soul and above all has a heart filled with love.”
When the house was established in Jarnosse the sisters dedicated themselves to the education of the people and especially the children. They taught them religion and the basic skills of reading and writing. They acted both as teachers and as mothers preparing the young girls to take up their role in society at that time. They visited the families, and also the sick, consoling them and preparing them for death. |
