SISTER OF MARY AND JOSEPH AND OF MERCY

Sister of Mary and Joseph and of Mercy  –  Sister Bernadette Anaïs, M.J.M.                                                                           Soeur de Marie-Joseph et de la Miséricorde

Foundresses:  Marie-Thérèse de Lamourous  ( Soeurs de Miséricorde )                                                                    Mother St. Augustine  (Anne Quinon)  (Soeurs de Marie-Joseph)

Places:  Soeurs de Miséricorde – Bordeaux, France; Soeurs de Marie-Joseph – Dorat, France                 *When united as the Soeurs de Marie-Joseph et de la Miséricorde – Dorat, France*

Years:  Sisters of Miséricorde –  1800 A.D.; Sisters of Marie-Joseph – 1841 A.D.                                             Sisters of Mary and Joseph and of Mercy (a union of the two Orders) – 1971 A.D.

Her Charism:  This Order was formed like two streams that fed on the same source from the Heart of God and united in a single clear water: that which lets us see the Mercy of God through this Sister’s actions,  Her charism of Mercy is lived with people suffering from great moral poverty: prisoners, prostitutes, and unwed mothers.  Thus, the mysteries of Compassion, Incarnation, Justice, and Redemption resonate for her in a special way.  As a midwife who is centered on the redemptive mystery of Christ and His Merciful Love, she neither judges nor condemns; but saves.  This “glimmer of hope” is a witness of that love for victims who have been harmed or injured by life and rejected by society and she helps to restore their faith, hope, and dignity.