Maria Theresa de Soubiran

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Maria Theresa de Soubiran

Maria Theresia de Soubiran (actually Sophie-Thérèse-Augustine , born May 16, 1834 in Castelnaudary , France , † June 7, 1889 in Paris ) was a founder of the order and is a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Sophie-Thérèse-Augustine de Soubiran La Louvière came from a noble family of officers in the south of France. As a child, she was enthusiastic about the life of the medieval beguines and vowed eternal virginity at the age of 14 . In 1855 she founded a community with like-minded women called Beginage . In 1864, with the support of the Jesuit Paul Ginhac, the Société de Marie Auxiliatrice (“Society of the Everlasting Helping Mary”), a congregation (religious order) dedicated to caring for girls and young women from the lower classes of society, in particular Factory workers. Sophie took the religious name Marie-Thérèse and became the first general superior . Already in 1868 Pope Pius IX. Papal approbation of the new community . The sisters founded dormitories for girls at risk, which also became models for state welfare institutions. After ten years at the head of her community, Maria Theresia de Soubiran had to resign and leave her order in 1873 because of an intrigue within the order. She was welcomed in 1877 by the Sisters of Mercy of Notre-Dame de la Charité ( Soeurs de Notre-Dame de la Charité ) in Paris, where she lived in deep disappointment at the injustice that had befallen her until her death on June 7, 1889. A year after her death, she was rehabilitated by the new Superior General of her founding order.

Pope Pius XII accepted her on October 20, 1946 as a blessed in the Roman Martyrology . Her liturgical feast day is June 7th.

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SURNAME Soubiran, Maria Theresia de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soubiran, Marie-Thérèse de (French, religious name); Soubiran La Louvière, Sophie-Thérèse-Augustine de (maiden name, full name); Soubiran, Maria Theresa von; Soubiran, Maria-Theresia de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Foundress and Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Castelnaudary , France
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1889
Place of death Paris