On the 3rd of March 1847, in Guissény, France, was born little Marie-Renée Roudaut, the sixth child in a family of farmers.
Who could have imagined that she would grow to become the Venerable Mother Marie-Salomé, first superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa?
At eleven years of age she made her First Communion. “What did you ask Jesus for?” somebody had asked, she answered:
I asked God to make me a saint by doing whatever He wills.”
She made her first profession on the 6th of July 1873 in the Saint Charles motherhouse in Algiers, where she died peacefully in 1930 at the age of 83 years. During her long life in Algeria she dedicated herself to the will of God, praying and working tirelessly for the congregation to survive and thrive.
This day it is indeed a happy happy birthday that we celebrate in all our communities on three continents, Africa, Europe and America.
Her faithful and loving life is remembered in this video of the sisters who met her in Saint Charles (in French)
Here is a link to the website of the association “Plouguerneau d’hier et d’aujourd’hui”
