 In 1831 she was appointed as Mother Superior of the House in Angers.However, neither the house in Tours, nor the one in Nantes was interested in expanding to Angers.Believing that the work would proceed more efficiently under a central administration, in April 1835, she obtained approval from Pope Gregory XVI for the Mother-House at Angers as the home of a separate institute known as Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd.