Adèle Euphrasie Barbier (religious name Mother Mary of the Heart of Jesus) (4 January 1829 – 18 January 1893) was a New Zealand Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher and founder of a congregation of religious sisters.
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| Born | Adèle Euphrasie Barbier 4 January 1829 Caen, Calvados, France |
| Died | 18 January 1893 (aged 64) Sturry, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
Adèle was born in Caen, France, on 4 January 1829.[1] Adèle Euphrasie Barbier was the founder of Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions.[2] She worked in a laundry when she was 13 and opened her own laundry at home when she was 17.
Ever since she was a little girl Euphrasie had wanted to be a missionary.[3] At 19 years of age she set off to Paris to join the congregation of the Sisters of Calvary which was just founded in 1840 by Fr Nicolas Chantome. On 6 August 1849 she became Sister Marie of the Heart of Jesus.[4]
In 1851, she travelled to London to learn English, in preparation for her missionary work. In 1860, she took over the Catherine Boys orphanage in Rectory Road, Deal, Kent, founding a convent which later ran St Ethelburga's and St. Mary's schools.[5]
From 1872-1886, she lived and worked in New Zealand, founding convents, schools and orphanages across the country.[1]
With three other sisters, she founded St Mary's Cathedral School in 1884 in Hamilton, which became Marian Catholic School on merging with Marist Intermediate in 1989.[6]
She died at St Ann's Convent in Westbere, Kent, England on 18 January 1893.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Isichei, Elizabeth. "Adèle Euphrasie Barbier". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Coulomb, Aimé (1902). Vie de la très révérende mère Marie du Cœur de Jésus, née Euphrasie Barbier (in French). Paris: Édition Vic et Amat.
- ^ Mary Philippa Reed RNDM, Euphrasie, Print House Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand 2018 p 13
- ^ Reed pp 22, 36
- ^ "Heritage Open Days 2021" (PDF). Deal Heritage. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "School History". Marian Catholic School. Retrieved 22 March 2024.