Marie Thérèse de Lamourous

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Basic	Leadership Rooted in Faith and Courage: Lessons from Marie Thérèse de Lamourous and Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon Jessica González Uhlig, the NACMS program administrator, examines the leadership qualities of two key female figures at the beginning of the Marianist Movement. Jessica reminds us: "In an era when women’s public leadership was limited by societal norms, Marie Thérèse de Lamourous and Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon carved bold, faith-filled paths that reveal timeless principles of transformational leadership. Their lives offer a Marianist model of leadership rooted in courage, compassion, community, and mission."
	The Two Thérèses and the Visitation Rose Rucoba, FMI, shares her Marian insight into the parallels between Mary and Elizabeth’s Visitation and a similar supportive experience between two Thérèses (Marie Thérèse de Lamourous and Thérèse Rondeau, two women who ran houses for repentant sex workers in nineteenth-century France). Both experiences—Mary and Elizabeth’s interactions, as well as the two Thérèses—draw upon the power of love and sisterhood in times of need.
Basic	Community Meeting Kit: A Spectacle of Saints “A Spectacle of Saints” explores the Marianist candidates on the path to sainthood and how we are blessed with ordinary saints in our lives today.
Basic	Community Meeting Kit: A Mother's Love “A Mother’s Love” explores how the models of Mary (Mother of God), Elisabeth de Vincens de Lamourous (mother of Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de Lamourous), and Baroness Ursule de Peyronnencq (mother of Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon) resonate with our lives today.
Resource	Marianist Heritage Virtual Tour Videos In January of 2023, to honor Marianist Heritage Month, NACMS created eight virtual tours of significant locations in Marianist History.
Resource	Marianist Heritage Sites Photo Album A collection of photos of foundational sites for the Marianist Family, along with detailed descriptions of the photos and locations.
Basic	Podcast: Courage in the Face of Fear: Reading Marie Thérèse's Self-Offering In this episode, Patti and Sr. Gabby discuss one of the few writings we have by Marie Therese: an act of self-offering she wrote to God in 1797, signed in her own blood. This document details how Marie Therese offered herself as a "victim in expiation of the crimes of the Revolution." We talk about what this self-offering meant, what the crimes of the Revolution were, and how, despite Marie Therese's courage and (seeming) fearlessness, she actually struggled a great deal with anxiety and self-doubt.
Basic	Podcast: Wisdom from Our Founders for this Time of Pandemic In this "socially distanced" episode of the podcast, Patti Gehred interviews Sister Gabby Bibeau about an article she wrote for the NACMS website on the parallels between the current COVID crisis and the Founders' own experiences of crisis during the French Revolution and experiences of illness. In particular, the focus is what we can learn from our Marianist Founders about how to approach the current pandemic by growing in the virtues of faith, hope, and love.
Basic	Living in a Time of Crisis: It’s in Our Marianist DNA Be it during a time of global pandemic or the French Revolution, Sister Gabrielle Bibeau, FMI, reminds us that biological and societal crises are not new for Marianists.
Resource	Marianist Founders Poster: Marie Thérèse 13"x20" This colorful poster of Venerable Marie Thérèse looks great in a Marianist institution or at a community gathering.	$5.00