Their devotion to the Heart of Jesus prompts the making of vestments and other altar requirements for poor churches and distant missions. To be apostles in the world these Children of Mary are expected by their rules to practise many virtues, but it is still the lily of Mary's spotlessness which must shine pre-eminent, hence their love for her Immaculate Conception. You must lead into the right path those who are wandering from it, encourage those kept back by human respect, and stop the downward course of those in danger. Your mission is a very high one, and I do not fear to call it an apostolate, for you are to act as apostles in the midst of a perverse world. A little later she obtained for it the authorization of Rome, and constituted it on a like basis for all houses of the Society. Father Druilhet, S.J., then drew up the rules by which the Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart are still governed, and Mother Barat placed the association under the patronage of the archbishop. The work was in its infancy, yet Mother Barat saw what it might lead to, and resolved to develop it. When Mother Barat visited Lyons in 1832, the mistress general of the school had lately established an association composed originally of the former pupils of the Sacred Heart, but afterwards joined by other ladies. They will form others and good will come from it. How rare it is to meet a valiant woman! It must be so, because Holy Writ says 'Far and from the uttermost coasts is the price thereof' Let us labour then to form some at any cost. As years advanced, Mother Barat longed to do something more towards securing a higher tone among women. This beginning led to a work of wider scope and even greater importance. By thus placing the ideal of true womanhood before the future wives and mothers of the next generation, Mother Barat sought to lay the foundation of many noble Christian homes. The remarkable fresco of Mater Admirabilis at the Trinità dei Monti in Rome is the sensible representation of the spirit of the sodality. In 1824 their medal was struck, and from an essay by one of them, Rose de Joigny, the inscription on it, "Cor meum jungatur vobis", was chosen. The lily was the first emblem of the sodalists, and "Semper Fidelis" their motto. The principal end which the members proposed to themselves, was to love and serve the Immaculate Heart of Mary, by imitating her virtues, above all her fortitude and spotless purity. The most fervent among the elder girls were enrolled. It had from the first, its laws, feasts, privileges and duties, its directors, president, and other dignitaries. 97067 Catholic Encyclopedia - Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart Alice PowerĪ Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, founded by the Venerable Mother Barat of the Society of the Sacred Heart, in the Parish school about 1818, almost simultaneously with the convent itself.
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