Mechtilde Of The Blessed Sacrament

	Mechtilde Of The Blessed Sacrament Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament, born Catherine de Bar (31 December 1614 – 6 April 1698) was a French nun, the founder of the order of Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, who was recognized as the Servant of God in the Catholic Church. Life Catherine de Bar was born at Saint-Dié, Lorraine (duchy), Lorraine in northeastern France, on 31 December 1614, the third child of Jean and Marguerite de Guillon de Bar. They belonged to the lower nobility. At the age of seventeen, Catherine joined the Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Annonciade at Bruyères, taking the name Sister Catherine of Saint-John the Evangelist. Two years later, she was made mother-superior there. In May 1635, Mother de Bar, and the nuns of the convent in Bruyères were forced to flee before the Swedish army. Some nuns exhausted by hardships fell ill with the plague (disease), plague. Catherine de Bar and five other nuns found shelter with the Benedictines in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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