MOTHER MARY OF THE SEVEN DOLORS




Mother Mary of the Seven Dolors was born Leocadie Gascoin
in Montenay, La Mayenne, France, March 1, 1818.


Farmhouse in Montenay where Mother Mary of the Seven Dolors was born.
(Photo courtesy of Brother Richard Critz, CSC.)


Birthplace of Mother Mary of the Seven Dolors. Window at upper right is in the room in which she was born.


The parish church in Montenay. Mother Mary was baptised here.


Leocadie Gascoin came to Le Mans in 1841 to join Father Moreau's original group of four young women religious when she was twenty-three years old.


Mother Mary of the Seven Dolors.


Stained glass window of Marianite Sisters in the motherhouse church of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Le Mans.
(Photo courtesy of Brother Richard Critz.)


Cemetery of the Marianite Sisters in Le Mans. Mother Mary of the Seven Dolors is buried in the little chapel.


Grave of Mother Mary of the Seven Dolors.


Father Charles Moreau, nephew of Basil Moreau. He shepherded the Marianite Sisters after his uncle resigned as Superior General. He is buried to the left of the entrance to the chapel in the Marianite cemetery.


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