Below is a touching moment from the solemn presentation of Jeanne-Antide Thouret’s baptismal certificate by the mayor of Sancey, Frédéric Cartier, to the Superior General, Mother Maria Rosa, and the Provincial Superior of the European Province, Sister Sabrina.
At the time of the birth of Jeanne-Antide, on 27 November 1765, the parish still performed the civil duties of registering births and deaths. Jeanne-Antide’s baptismal certificate therefore has not only a profound religious significance of immersion in the life of God and the Church, but also a civil and social significance: the small village of Sancey was welcoming a new future citizen, without knowing that this newborn, just one day old, would make Sancey famous for having given birth to the future Foundress.
