Thérèse-Dominique Farré

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Thérèse-Dominique Farré (born March 28, 1830 in Lyon , † January 21, 1894 in Bourg-en-Bresse ) was a French Roman Catholic nun and founder of the order .

life and work

Marie-Thérèse Farré grew up in Bourg as the child of a shoemaker and attended school from 1837 to 1842. From the age of 12 she worked as a seamstress. In 1849 her father, to whom she was deeply connected, died and she became the breadwinner of the family. Her piety, which was revealed early on, developed in a mystical direction with visions. In 1855 she entered the Third Order of the Dominicans , took the name of the order Thérèse-Dominique and founded a congregation of nurses with three like-minded people in 1860, the Soeurs dominicaines du coeur immaculé de Marie (Dominicans of the Immaculate Heart of Mary). They lived only on alms; her spiritual care was incumbent on the Abbé Joseph-Marie Borge (1797-1892). The rule of the order was approved by Bishop Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie von Belley in 1865 . In 1869 Thérèse-Dominique founded a second house in Loudun . In 1872 the congregation was approved by the Vatican. After a long illness, Thérèse-Dominique died at the age of 63. In 1933 the congregation was attached to the Dominican order .

Works

  • Directoire spirituel des Religieuses garde-malades du Tiers-Ordre de Saint Dominique de la congrégation du Très-Saint et Immaculée Coeur de Marie de Bourg (Ain) . Comte-Milliet, Bourg 1872.

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SURNAME Farré, Thérèse-Dominique
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farré, Marie-Thérèse; Mère Térèse Dominique du Coeur de Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nun and founder of the order
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1894
Place of death Bourg-en-Bresse