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    St. Jeanne Jugan

    When Jeanne was born in , France was caught in the bloody French Revolution. Times were difficult for the Jugan family, and begging became a way of life for Jeanne from a young age. Although Jeanne did not receive a formal education, she did receive formation in her faith, secretly, from her mother and other Catholic women. When she was only four years old, her father was lost at sea. Her mother struggled to make ends meet for her four children. As a young girl, Jeanne worked to help support her family. She received her first marriage proposal when she was 18, but declined. When she refused the suitor again six years later, she told her mother that, “God wants me for Himself. He is keeping me for a work which is not yet founded.”

    “God wants me for Himself. He is keeping me for a work which is not yet founded.”

    It would be many years before Jeanne would discover what that work was that God had in mind for her. When she was 25, she became a nurse in a hospital and

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    St Mary of the Cross Jugan ()

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    St Mary of the Cross (in the world: Jeanne Jugan) was born at Cancale, in Brittany, France, on 25 October in the turbulent period of the French Revolution. She was the sixth of eight children, four of whom died in infancy. Their fisherman father was lost at sea when Jeanne was only four. From her mother and the place of her birth, Jeanne inherited a lively, deep faith and a profound determination that could overcome any difficulty. The political climate and the family's financial plight prevented Jeanne from going to school. She learned to read and write from some ladies of the Third Order of St John Eudes who were numerous in the region.

    In Jeanne's world children began working at an early age. She would pray her Rosary while tending the herd, on the high cliffs above the Bay of Cancale. The beautiful view uplifted her soul. At the age of 15 she left home and went to work in a wealthy family not far from Cancale. With her

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    Jeanne Jugan

    French religious sister

    Saint


    Jeanne Jugan


    LSP

    Portrait of Jugan, c.

    Born()25 October
    Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
    Died29 August () (aged&#;86)
    Saint-Pern, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
    Venerated&#;inRoman Catholic Church
    (Little Sisters of the Poor and the Eudist Fathers)
    Beatified3 October , Vatican City, bygd Pope John Paul II
    Canonized11 October , Vatican City, by Pope Benedict XVI
    Major shrineLa Tour Saint-Joseph,
    Saint-Pern, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
    Feast30 August

    Jeanne Jugan (25 October – 29 August ), religious nameMary of the Cross, was a Frenchreligious sister who became known for the dedication of her life to the neediest of the elderly poor. Her service resulted in the establishment of the Little Sisters of the Poor, who care for the elderly who have no other resources throughout the world. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

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    Early life

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