Noli insipientium iniurias pati: 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇻🇦 Saint Julie Billiart Feast: 8 April

Sunday, April 7, 2024

🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇻🇦 Saint Julie Billiart Feast: 8 April

Saint Julie Billiart
Cofounder, Institute of Notre Dame de Namur
( 1816 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 8 April

Julie Billiart was born to a peasant family in Picardy , France . By the time she was 7 she was teaching the catechism to other small children of the town At 14 she took a vow of chastity & devoted herself to works of mercy & the religious instruction of her poor neighbors.

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Billiart 's spiritual authority was widely recognized in her hometown. During the French Revolution she got into trouble for harboring illegal priests & had to be smuggled out of her house & go into hiding. When her persecutors pursued her she exclaimed, "Dear Lord, will you not find me a corner in paradise, since there is no room for me on earth?"

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Eventually, however, it became safe for Billiart to resume cathechetical work & with the support of her confessor she undertook the foundation of a new congregation, the Institute of Notre Dame , devoted to the Christian education of the poor & the training of religious teachers.

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Julie was afflicted over many years by strange maladies that left her at various times paralyzed & unable to speak. Nevertheless, she made as many as 120 journeys on behalf of her mission. 15 new convents were established during her lifetime, including the motherhouse in Namur . She died on April 8, 1816 A.D., at the age of 64. She was canonized in 1969 A.D..

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"Let us endure with courage the painful little experiences that Divine Providence allows to befall us. They are necessary part of every life, & force us to place all our trust in God, for He alone can support & guide us."