Sisters of the Holy Sacrament of Valence

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The Sisters of the Holy Sacrament of Valence (French: Religieuses du Saint Sacrement de Valence , abbreviation : RSS) have been a Roman Catholic religious community since 1715 .

history

Beginnings up to the revolution

A certain Marguerite from Nozières , attracted by the construction of a great Way of the Cross by the blessed Pierre Vigne , came to the nearby Boucieu-le-Roi in what is now the French Ardèche in 1713 to live holy there. She taught and served as a guide on the Way of the Cross. In 1714 three more women joined her: Catherine Junique from Macheville (today: Lamastre ), Louise Bouveyron from Colombier-le-Jeune and Jeanne Rouveure from Saint-Barthélemy-le-Plain . While Marguerite left because she was not made for community life, the group of three expanded to include four more members: Marie Spéliat, Marguerite Rouveure, Marie Bost and Jeanne Chalaye. These seven were constituted on 30 November 1715 the spiritual guidance of Pierre Vigne, who wrote them a rule of the order, the Congregation of the Soeurs du Calvaire , which later Soeurs du Saint Sacrement called (Sisters of the Holy Sacrament) (after in Valence -based Priestly Community of the Most Holy , which Pierre Vigne had joined). The bishop of Valence , Jean de Catellan (1659–1725), promoted the community, which had grown to twelve nuns in 1718 and began to establish branches (including in Tournon-sur-Rhône , Grignan , Pierrelatte , Valréas , Nyons and Valence) . In 1787 it was officially recognized by the king, but then, like all other orders, dissolved by the French Revolution .

Development since the revolution

In 1804 the congregation was able to reorganize and settle in the Cistercian Abbey of Saint-Just in Romans-sur-Isère . In 1813 it was again officially recognized. In 1906 the generalate moved from Romans to Valence. In the meantime, subsidiary monasteries had been founded beyond the borders of France: in Italy in 1869, in England in 1874 and (particularly successfully) in Brazil in 1903. There were also: Ireland (1954), Spain (1964) and Tanzania (2004). Today the order comprises 42 houses with around 300 nuns.

Superiors (selection)

  • 1715-1724: Louise Bouveyron
  • 1724–1741: Antoinette Pontier (niece of Pierre Vigne)
  • 1741–: Saint-Joseph Junique
  • Sainte-Agnès Jarrias
  • Saint-Michel Blachere
  • Sainte-Euphrasie Palisse
  • 1816–: Saint-Joseph Mistral
  • 1855–1897: Saint-Joseph Bouvaret (for 42 years)

literature

  • Constitutions de la congrégation des Soeurs du Très Saint Sacrement avec les approbations romaines . Valence 1925.
  • Annie Gerest and Congrégation des soeurs du Saint-Sacrement: Pierre Vigne. In chemin avec les humbles . Nouvelle Cité, Bruyères-le-Châtel 2012.
  • Annie Gerest and Congrégation des soeurs du Saint-Sacrement: Notre histoire de 1940 à 2014 sur trois continents . Nouvelle Cité, Bruyères-le-Châtel 2015.
  • Félix Vernet (1863-1942): La congrégation des religieuses du Très-Saint-Sacrement de Valence (1715-1940) . Imprimerie M. Lescuyer, Lyon, 1941.

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