Yssingeaux is the birthplace of Blessed Eugénie Joubert. She spent part of her childhood and adolescence there. At the age of 5, she joined her older sister Marie at the Ursuline nuns’ convent in Monistrol-sur-Loire (a convent that became a new building of Notre-Dame du Château school in 2018). In 1888, she entered the Collège Saint-Joseph in Yssingeaux.
Church of St. Pierre – 2 place du Prieuré – Yssingeaux (43200)
Open: every day
In the church of St Pierre a chapel is dedicated to Blessed Eugénie Joubert. Everyone can pay their respects in front of a shrine containing relics of Blessed Eugénie, next to a painting figuring her, and next to which are a life history and a prayer leaflet available to pilgrims passing through.
On the right of this chapel, there is a wooden statue of Blessed Eugénie, made by Dominique Kaepelin (a French visual artist, sculptor and engraver of liturgical and secular art, born in Le Puy-en-Velay, 1949-2019).
The family home is very close to the church and a plaque on which you can read “Mon Dieu je crois à votre amour” (“My God, I believe in your love”) allows to locate it.
Chapel of the Penitents
4 rue Eugène André – Yssingeaux (43200)
Open: every day
The Chapel of the Penitents has a space for meditation dedicated to Blessed Eugénie, where you can place a candle.
When she was a child, Blessed Eugénie Joubert was particularly fond of this chapel, where Our Lady of the Penitents is still venerated… her great love for the Blessed Virgin meant that she often went there to pray, as many parishioners of her time and today!
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
