▁His ▁work ▁laid ▁the ▁found ations ▁for ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁several ▁different ▁con greg ations ▁of ▁Relig ious ▁Sister s ▁who ▁now ▁serve ▁world wide . ▁The ▁cause ▁for ▁his ▁canon ization ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁France ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁and ▁was ▁accepted ▁for ▁investigation ▁by ▁the ▁Holy ▁See ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Victor ▁Braun ▁( as ▁he ▁called ▁himself ) ▁was ▁a ▁native ▁of ▁Saint - Av old ▁in ▁the ▁Lor raine ▁region ▁of ▁France . ▁A ▁few ▁years ▁after ▁his ▁ord ination ▁for ▁the ▁Dioc ese ▁of ▁Met z , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Paris ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁spiritual ▁needs ▁of ▁the ▁German - spe aking ▁people ▁of ▁his ▁region ▁who ▁were ▁f lock ing ▁from ▁the ▁far ms ▁to ▁the ▁capital ▁at ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁the ▁Indust rial ▁Revolution ▁in ▁France ▁to ▁find ▁work . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁regular ▁conf essor ▁at ▁the ▁f amed ▁Bas il ica ▁of ▁Our ▁Lady ▁of ▁Vict ories ▁in ▁Paris . ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁his ▁min istry , ▁Braun ▁also ▁served ▁in ▁a ▁se edy ▁quarter ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁struggle ▁of ▁the ▁young ▁women ▁there ▁who ▁had ▁come ▁as ▁un sk illed ▁workers , ▁especially ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁find ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁fact ories . ▁He ▁also ▁saw ▁single ▁moth ers ▁struggling ▁to ▁surv ive ▁with ▁their ▁children . ▁With ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁a ▁small ▁group ▁of ▁volunte ers ▁he ▁opened ▁a ▁host el ▁where