28 years of smile
Eugénie Joubert had a happy disposition. In their testimonies, those who knew her emphasise how joyful she was by nature. Her mother said that as a child, she smiled and never cried.
With her joyful soul, Eugénie is an apostle.
Peace and joy radiate around her.
After taking her vows in 1897, Sister Eugénie was sent to Aubervilliers as a catechist.
The website https://catechese.catholique.fr/ devotes an article to Blessed Eugénie. Here is an extract:
… “she offers her time without counting, with gusto and gaiety, for the poorest children. She shone with her simple charity. She taught catechism. She knew how to calm and even captivate turbulent children. The most difficult children were entrusted to her…”
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Bienheureuse Eugénie Joubert, catéchiste et “sourire de Dieu” auprès des enfants
(Blessed Eugénie Joubert, catechist and “God’s smile” for children)
One day, one saint: Blessed Eugénie Joubert
God’s smile
From the top of her rock, Notre-Dame du Puy watches over Yssingeaux, where Eugénie Joubert (1876-1904) grew up and discovered Christ.
At the age of 19, she joined one of her older sisters in the congregation of the Holy Family of the Sacred Heart in Le Puy. The charism of this congregation is religious education, particularly for the poorest.
Eugénie didn’t just teach catechism, she lived what she taught. The children were not mistaken: faith is not just a lesson to be recited, it’s a life experience, and Eugénie was the smiling witness to it. She was entrusted with the most unruly, the least intelligent and the least sociable children. Nothing discouraged her; she knew in whom she had put her trust.
From Le Puy to Liège, Eugénie traced her path of light, happily sowing the Gospel.
She died exhausted from tuberculosis.
Magnificat, n°344, July 2021
IN FRENCH – Blessed Eugénie Joubert – Saint of the Day – 2 July 2021
A column (in French) proposed on Radio Notre Dame by Magnificat, hosted by Romain Lizé or Jean de Saint-Chéron.
“Every day, the Church honours a number of saints and blessed. Among the members of this glorious assembly, MAGNIFICAT invites you to discover on RADIO NOTRE DAME one of those whose memory is inscribed in the Roman martyrology, giving priority to liturgical feasts and the saints of the Ile-de-France area. Contemplating the lives of the saints has been a great source of thanksgiving, prayer and conversion for twenty centuries. For the example of the saints strengthens our faith at the same time as it trains us to love truly!”
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Programme complet de la célébration
du 30ème anniversaire de la béatification de Soeur Eugénie Joubert
du 15 au 24 novembre 2024 à Yssingeaux
Article paru dans le magazine l’épervier de novembre 2023
