The Life of the Very Reverend Mother Madeleine Louise Sophie Barat: Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by M. L'Abbe Baunard (2 Vol. Set) (CP124)

Circa 1876: First Editions / Hardcovers / Very Good Condition / Illustrated Frontispieces / Translated by Lady Georgiana Fullerton / 2 Volume Set

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The Life of the Very Reverend Mother Madeleine Louise Sophie Barat: Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by M. L'Abbé Baunard (2 Vol. Set)

Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865)

Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat was a French nun who founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1800. She was dedicated to the education of young women, establishing over 100 schools across the world during her lifetime. Beatified in 1908, she was canonized as a saint in 1925 and her feast day is May 25th. [Google Books]

Madeleine-Sophie Barat was born in 1779, daughter of a wine cooper in the little Burgundian town of Joigny in France. After an extraordinary education by her priest brother, she went with him to Paris in 1795 to complete her training. There on November 21, 1800, Madeleine Sophie and three other young women consecrated themselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In 1806, she was elected superior general and became the cornerstone of the Society of the Sacred Heart, whose purpose was to make known the love of God revealed in the Heart of Christ, and to take part in the restoration of Christian life in France through the education of young women.

The Society of the Sacred Heart quickly expanded within Europe and beyond. At the same time, Sophie Barat learned to counterbalance her learned view of God as a harsh judge with her experience of the love of God revealed in the Heart of Christ. Her natural capacity for friendship enabled a wide network of relationships. Her awareness of world events and their impact on education ensured the Society’s contribution to the promotion of women in her time and into the future. Her style of leadership tended towards consultation rather than decree, and to accepting the realistic option, rather than the impossible ideal. This consultative approach is evident in her letters to those members of the Society in the United States who wrote to her in the 1820s and 30s requesting — and, unfortunately, receiving — her permission and support to become slaveholders. Her model of leadership through relationships was tested several times, especially from 1806 to 1815 and 1839 to 1851.

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