We invite you to join us in celebrating the centenary of Sister Jeanne Langlot, Daughter of Jesus, and to discover a life rich in experiences and adventures.
On the 8th of October, the Pierre Noury community in the Motherhouse, Kermaria, celebrated Sr Jeanne Langlo’s 100th birthday. It was an emotional moment, eagerly awaited by all the Sisters and her loved ones, who were delighted to surround Jeanne on this special occasion.
This day of celebration and grace was marked by a mass celebrated by the chaplain, Father Antoine. This was followed by an aperitif shared by all the Sisters of Kermaria, some of Jeanne’s family, and all the staff of the Perrine Samson association.
One hundred years
Gathered in the Sacred Heart Cœur, the Sisters from Jeanne’s community shared a festive and lively meal, prepared with joy and affection by the whole team at Maison St Joseph.
One hundred years ! A century during which Jeanne allowed herself to be guided with courage and humility to where the Lord was waiting for her. She has had a full life marked by memorably intense beginnings that deserve to be recounted and shared.
To the United States
A religious sister at 18, Jeanne took her final vows on the 4th of August 1947. A nurse at the Ste Claire clinic in Vannes, she received her obedience a few days later, to lend a hand to the Sisters at St Joseph’s hospital in Lewistown, Montana in the United States! Nearly three months after her letter of obedience, on the 1st of November, Jeanne and another Sister, Louise, who had embarked on the same adventure, arrived at their destination. Jeanne remembers the journey as “being hard and testing, unlike any other”.
Their long journey, punctuated by numerous mishaps and adventures, took them from Paris to Le Havre, where they boarded a US Navy ship for New York. Travelling on by way of Chicago, the two young Sisters at last reached Lewistown, Montana.
Jeanne spent thirteen years in Montana, first studying to be a nurse and then a midwife with a speciality in premature babies.
Nursing School Lewistown Hospital
Despite the difficult adjustment and the family upheaval in the post-war context, Jeanne came to see it as “a wonderful experience, and a source of enrichment and openness” that has marked her whole life.
Return to France
Back in France, Jeanne continued to practise her nursing profession for many years in the region of Morbihan where she helped many patients who benefited from her skills and, above all, her dedication, attention and kindness towards everyone.
Jeanne experienced this anniversary with deep and sincere humility. The preparations were certainly full of joy and emotion, but also with a touch of apprehension because of all the attention paid to her. For, from the height of her beautiful age, when we like to be self-effacing, Jeanne continues, discreetly, on the path that the Lord has led her to.
Thank you, Lord!
Jeanne thanks you all for this beautiful day, rich in memories …
Emmanuelle, Pierre Noury community animator
Mother house, Kermaria,
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