Mother Aloysia Hardey, RSCJ and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Mother Mary Aloysia Hardey, RSCJ
(December 8, 1809 - June 17, 1886)

December 8th

On this day in 1809, Mother Mary Aloysia Hardey, RSCJ was born.  In honor of her birthday on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception a quote from her.

"Make your preparation for Christmas an active prayer, a prayer of fidelity, of silence, of mortification." 

Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Quote from St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

Immaculate Conception by Piero di Cosimo, 1505

December 8th ~ Feast of the Immaculate Conception

"Do we think just a bit of extra devotion on Mary's feast is enough?  Hardly! Our obligation is to study Mary's life and express it in act."

 ~ St. Madeleine Sophie Barat 

The above quote was taken from The Wisdom of Madeleine Sophie Barat - Day by Day Calendar.  To order a copy of the calendar (Cost: $10.00 + postage) - click here. 

To Mother Eugenie de Gramont, R.S.C.J

Feast of the Immaculate Conception
from Lawrence OP

December 8, 1823 ~ Mother Duchesne writes to  Mother Eugenie de Gramont, RSCJ, "Our retreat was a time of spiritual abundance.  The devil was jealous, however, so he arranged for the delivery of nine large hogs we had bought.  They arrived on the second day of the retreat.  As somebody had to take up the disgusting work of caring for them for two days, I was the willing victim. The days that followed were peaceful and that happy retreat closed on the feast of the Immaculate Conception."

Taken from the book: Through the Year with Philippine Duchesne