Blessed Pauline Maria Jaricot and her Works
Blessed Pauline Maria Jaricot and her Works

Summary/Abstract: Pauline Marie Jaricot was born in 1799 in the family of a wealthy industrialist and owner of a silk factory, as one of seven siblings. She was greatly influenced in her childhood by her brother Philae, who later entered the Paris Seminary of Foreign Missions. In 1816 she made a perpetual virginity vow. She visited the poor of Lyons and helped them. Under the influence of her brother, she undertook the work of material support for the missionary ministry. She set up the first groups in her father’s silk factory. Soon the idea found followers all over Lyon, giving rise to the Society of the Propagation of the Faith. From 1826 she undertook activities aimed at popularizing the prayer of the rosary. She created a Work called “Living Rosary”. Pauline Jaricot also supported the workers spiritually and materially. She tried to build a factory whose shares would be owned by the workers. However, she entrusted her organization to managers who turned out to be dishonest and defrauded her property. The administrator of her family’s fortune not only ruined her, but also incurred serious debts in her name, and therefore she lost everything and died in poverty.

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