St.Marie Eugenie of Jesus

Ø  Foundress of  Religious of the Assumption
Born	On 26th  August 1817 at Metz
Died	On 10th  March 1898 at Auteuil, Hauts-de-Seine, France of natural causes
Venerated	On 21st  June 1961
Beatified	9 February 1975 by Pope Paul VI
Canonized	On 3rd  June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Feast	On 3rd June

Marie Eugenie of Jesus Milleret also called Anne Marie Eugenie (1817 - 1898) was born to a non-believing, rich family in France after the defeat of Napoleon. Her liberal father was even a follower of Voltaire. Voltaire hated the Church and, according to one famous story, died without the Sacrament of Last Rites because his friends beat the priest in order to stop him from entering the house of the dying Voltaire. Anne Marie Eugenie went to Mass on feastdays but did not truly follow the Church until the mystical experience of her First Communion.           By the age of 15, her parents had separated and her father's banks had failed. Anne Marie Eugenie journeyed with her mother to France, but her mother soon died on cholera only a few hours after receiving the illness. Anne Marie Eugenie was alone. At this time, Anne met Father Combalot, who recognized that he had found the person who was designated to be the foundress of the congregation he had dreamed of for a long time. Fr. Combalot soon convinced her that only by education could she evangelize minds, make families truly Christian, and thus transform the society of her time.           At the age of 22, Marie Eugenie founded Religious of the Assumption, a group of nuns dedicated to consecrate their whole life to extending the Kingdom of Christ in themselves and in the world. She once said, "All is from Jesus Christ, all belongs to Jesus Christ, all must be for Jesus Christ."           On March 10, 1898, Marie Eugenie died peacefully. Canonized On June 3, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI