in this effort. In addition to her duties at the Miséricorde, she was also the director of the women’s sodality, and acted as a consultant to Chaminade in business transactions. Today she is regarded as the Mother of the Lay Branch of the Family of Mary, with Chaminade as the Father of the entire Family of Mary, especially the Society of Mary (Brothers and Priests), and Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon as the Mother of the Daughters of Marie Immaculate (Sisters). Death and legacy Lamourous died on September 14, 1836, aged 81. She died in her room at the Miséricorde surrounded by her beloved daughters. Her legacy lives on in the works of the Sisters of Marie-Josephe and of the Misericorde, and in the thousands of Lay Marianists all over the world. Her cause for canonization was opened in 1911 and on December 21, 1989, the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints decreed that she had practiced heroic virtue during her lifetime, thus she was given the title “Venerable.” Her feast day is September 14. Notes References Stefanelli, Joseph; Mlle de Lamourous; North American Center for Marianist Studies; Dayton, Ohio; 1998 Stefanelli, Joseph: Marie Thérèse de Lamourous: Firm of Hand, Loving of Heart; North American Center for Marianist Studies; Dayton, Ohio: 2001 External links http://marianist.com/ http://marianist.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120328094440/http://www.soeursmariejosephetmisericorde.org/ANGLAIS/page%20accueil%20ANG.html 1754 births 1836 deaths 18th-century French women 18th-century venerated Christians 19th-century French women 19th-century venerated Christians Marianists Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II French Roman Catholics Founders of Catholic religious communities