ST. JULIE BILLIART.

EARLY LIFE.

• St. Julie Billiart was born in 1751
• Her favorite game to play as a child was "school"
• When she turned 16 she began to teach "for real"
• She recieved first commuinion at a very young age secretly.
• She developed a great love for Jesus.

THE ATTACK.

• There was a murder attempt on her father.
• It shocked her so badly she became paralyzed.
• She was paralyzed for twenty-two years.
• She offered all her pains and sufferings to God.

JULIES VISON AND WORK.

• During the time she was ill, she received a vision.
• She saw religious women and a voice spoke to her.
• The voice told her these will be the daughters to start the institution.
• She and rich young woman founded the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

JULIE WAS CURED.

• The two women and a few companions began living a religious life in 1803.
• In 1804 Julie was cured of her illness (miraculously)
• She walked for the first time in twenty-two years.
• Julie and took her partners took thier final vows
• She was elected as Mother General of the young Congregation.

END OF JULIE'S LIFE.

• In 1815, she helped the wounded soldiers in the Battle of Waterloo
• For the last three years of her life she suffered again.
• She died peacefully on April 8, 1816.

OTHER FACTS.

• She was beautified in 1969.
• Her feast day is April 8, same day as her death.

CITES.

• http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=297
• http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1347

THE END.