Sisters of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin, Romorantin, France 1818-1955

The Congregation of the Sisters of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin was founded in 1818 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France by Abbé Pourchon. In the days following the French Revolution, the congregation devoted itself to education of young girls principally the poor. Several houses were founded, particularly in 1859 at Romorantin.  In 1904, the anticlerical laws obliged the Sisters to become secularized. A small group of religious found refuge in England where they established a community. It was only after the war of 1939-44 that the French Sisters began again to wear their religious habit.  Lacking vocations, it was decided the Congregation of the Sisters of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin would merge with another. Through a decree of June 15, 1955, they united with the Congregation of the SND of Namur, so that they formed a single Congregation from that time.

Sr. Saint Bernadette (Solange Liebelin 1909-2002) in the habit of the Soeurs de la Nativité de la Sainte Vierge of Romorantin, around 1950.

A statuette expressing the symbol of the Congregation of the Soeurs de la Nativité de la Sainte Vierge.

Reliquary of Saint Julie produced with the rings and the crosses of the Soeurs de la Nativité de la Sainte Vierge.

Cross worn by the Superior General of the Soeurs de la Nativité de la Sainte Vierge given to the SND in the form of a plaque the day of the merger.

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