Mère Rosalie Nasr

Mère Rosalie Nasr

1840: Born Takla, daughter of Hanna Nasr and Esther Touma Fleifel at Kleiat- Kessrouan
1848: Made his first education at the village school
1850: Sent by a Lazarist father to the charity sisters in Beirut where she continues her studies and is of great help for Mother Gilas with the students
1860: Enters the Nazareth sisters and makes his novitiate in France
1884: Joins the Congregation of the Sisters of the Rosary at the request of the priest Youssef Tannous, their founder
1893: Meets Patriarch Elias Howayek in Kfifane
1895: Involved in the foundation of the Congregation of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family in Jbeil
1896: Moves to Ebrine where she begins restoration work on the future Mother House
1899: Is murdered at the convent of the Mother House in Ebrine, the night of August 22-23 at the age of 59
A woman of a rare caliber, Mother Rosalie Nasr knew how to combine gentleness with strength, realism with spirituality, the prophetic vision with the courage of achievement.
The Patriarch-Founder recognizes in her the power of an accomplished founder.

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