Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lourdes, Marie de, Mother
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Mother Marie de Lourdes
- Sr. Marie de Lourdes
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
Mother Marie de Lourdes was of the Society of St. Ursula of the Blessed Virgin from Tours, France. She came to the United States in 1965 to visit her community's foundation in Kingston, New York. She arranged to meet Merton to discuss aggiornamento or reform in the religious life.