The First Daughter of Wisdom

Today marks the death of Blessed Marie Louise Trichet, and the following is taken from Vocations Online:

Blessed Marie Louise Trichet also known as Marie-Louise de Jésus born in Poitiers, on the Clain River in west central France on May 7th 1684 and baptized at the church of St. Etienne, was a French Catholic figure who, with Saint Louis de Montfort, founded the Congregation of religious women called Daughters of Wisdom and since the age of seventeen devoted her life to caring for the poor and the sick. She is also referred to as the First Daughter of Wisdom.

When she was 66 years old, Marie Louise undertook a long journey on horseback to visit all her communities, talk with the Sisters and inspire them. She always told the Sisters: “Your real Superior is Mary; I am but her servant.” That was her last trip, for upon returning to the Mother House at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre she never left again. An accidental fall caused her months of suffering, followed by a final illness from which she did not recover. On her deathbed she called a benefactor to beg that the poor of the parish be cared for, after her death.

Marie Louise Trichet died at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre in Vendée on April 28th 1759, the same day and location where Louis de Montfort had died 43 years earlier on April 28th 1716.