The house in celebration

Founder of the Congregation of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat will be honored during a Eucharistic celebration at St. Thibault Church, presided over by Bishop Wintzer, Bishop of Sens-Auxerre. During this Mass, the bishop will bless the chapel where she was baptized and will give it the name of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat. The ceremony will be followed by a shared meal at the Sophie Barat Center, and then a time of adoration with the young people.

“Every year since Sophie’s time, the RSCJs have gathered to renew their commitment to the Society to discover and manifest the love of Jesus. We take a break, think of memories, and recommit. Sophie and her companions came together to form a community that would “rekindle the torch of faith and the holy fire of […]