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Successor of St Louise visits GB

September 28, 2023

7-12 September 2023 there was great joy in the Province of Rosalie Rendu, as we welcomed Sr Francoise Petit (Superioress General) and Sr Julie Kubasak (General Councillor) from our Mother House in Paris. They physically met with us in five GB locations: Glasgow, Liverpool, Southport, London and Brentwood – as well as virtually via Zoom in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia.

Besides visiting the Sisters, sharing meals and praying with us – Sisters Francoise and Julie managed to see something of several of the ministries in which we serve, engaging with the people there. These ministries included, the Space and the Listening Heart projects in Glasgow; the residents of Christopher Grange in Liverpool, and the residents of the Marillac Neurological Care Centre in Warley, Brentwood.

Sr Francoise is the elected successor of our foundress, St Louise de Marillac, and – with her General Councillors -she is in constant contact and communication with our Sisters across the five continents in the 97 countries in which they live and serve. She is the figure who unites, encourages, supports and challenges us to live our vocation well in these times of so much need and poverty.

A group of people are sitting around a table in a living room
A nun is talking to a group of older women
A woman is kissing an elderly woman in a living room
A woman is giving a gift to another woman in front of a poster that says the listening heart
A woman wearing sunglasses is standing next to a woman sitting in a chair
A group of women are sitting in chairs in a waiting room.
A group of women are sitting at a table with cups and saucers
A group of women are hugging each other in a living room
A group of people are sitting at a table with cups and saucers.
A group of older women are posing for a picture in a living room.
A group of people are sitting around a table with plates and cups on it.
A man in a pirate hat shakes hands with an elderly woman in a wheelchair
A woman in a nun 's habit is hugging another woman in a room.
A group of older women are posing for a picture together.
Two elderly women are playing with a stuffed dog on a table.

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