Pauline Marie Jaricot (22 July 1799 – 9 January 1862), the founder of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and of the Association of the Living Rosary, was a French member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Pope John XXIII ratified the first step of her beatification process, declaring her venerable. On 26 May 2020, Pope Francis recognized a miracle attributed to her intercession as the final requirement for beatification. Life Jaricot was born on 22 July 1799, the youngest of seven children of Antoine and Jeanne Jaricot in Lyon, France. Her father owned a silk factory in Lyon, France. Her brother, Philéas, was a missionary in Quangnam. At fifteen years of age she was introduced into the social life of the city. Subsequently, a sermon on vanity made a deep impression on her. At the age of seventeen, after a serious fall and the death of her mother, Jaricot began to lead a life of intense prayer, and on Christmas Day, 1816, took a vow of perpetual virginity. She established a union of prayer among pious servant girls, the members of which were known as the "Réparatrices du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus-Christ". As a member of an association founded by the Fathers of the Foreign Missions of Paris, Jaricot was a pioneer of organized missionary co-operation. With the women employees in the silk factory run by her sister and brother-in-law, she resolved to help the missions with prayers and a small weekly contribution of one penny a week from each person involved. The seed grew and other groups joined to help all missions. This eventually led to the founding of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in 1822, dedicated to helping missionary efforts worldwide. On May 3, 1922 Pope Pius XI declared the Society for the Propagation of the Faith "Pontifical". Another member of the Third Order of St. Dominic, Jaricot's spiritual director for many years, was John Vianney. In 1822, Jaricot arranged the printing and distribution of religious literature; she believed that information about the missions should be publicized. Later, the future Society would publish the Annals which contained reports from various mission territories aimed at increasing interest in the Society and the missions. Jaricot became very ill and on 10 August 1835 she was healed by, she believed, Saint Philomena during a pilgrimage to Mungnano, Italy. Around 1845 Jaricot purchased a blast furnace