Story...
a family named
Joliet
in
France
possessed a black statue 12 inches high.
A member of the family entered the CAPUCHIN
ORDER and took the Statue with him.
The Monastery was destroyed during the
Revolution.
The Statue was placed in a corner of the
garden.
Lights were seen around it at night.
Children heard singing and came and joined.
Crowds
followed and miracles were wrought. A friend of Father Coudrin took the
statue later on and passed it on to Mother
Henriette. It was venerated as Notre Dame De PAIX at Picpus.
During the Revolution, Picpus
(Paris) was pillaged.
The Tabernacle was opened, Hosts
desecrated, statues thrown among the debris. Mother Henriette begged to
have the Statue of Notre Dame De Paix.
A soldier took it and threw it to Mother
Henriette. He was seized with terror,
the statue clasped his hand and he exclaimed, “Holy Mother, have pity on
me.”
He was converted.
Since then this statue is in
the Mother House at Picpus, Paris.
In 1906 she and the Little Jesus in her
arms were crowned by the Archbishop of Paris.
A solemn feast is kept on July 9 every year
in the Congregation.
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