Mother Marie Louise De Meester
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[edit] Brief Biography
Mother Marie Louise De Meester founded the Religious - Missionary Sisters of the Immaculati Cordis Mariae or the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) in Mulagumoodu, India in 1897.
Mother Marie Louise de Meester was born on April 8, 1857 in Roeselare, Belgium. On May 4, 1881, she joined the Canonesses-Regular of St. Augustine in Ypres (now known by its Flemish name of Ieper), Belgium in the medieval abbey of Notre Dame de la Nouvelle Plante to fulfill her missionary dreams.
After establishing missions in India, Philippines, China, the United States and other parts of the world, Mother Marie Louise returned to Belgium in 1923 and on October 10, 1928 died peacefully in Heverlee at the age of 71.
[edit] Links
- ICM history, Taiwan [[1]]
- Infant Jesus, Mulagumoodu, India [[2]]
- Coming of ICM Missionaries in the Philippines [[3]]
- Saint Augustine School, Tagudin Ilocos Sur, Philippines [[4]]
- ICM Philippines [[5]]
- St. Theresa's College [[6]]
