These dolls were not painted by myself. The peg doll representing Margaret Mary was designed by another mother. However, the Sacred Heart doll was painted by my artistic son, Henry! He did such a great job and there will be other dolls from him in the future that I will share.
Patron: against polio; devotees of the Sacred Heart; loss of parents
Birth: 1647
Death: 1690
France
At the age of eight, Margaret had little time to recover from the death of her father before she was sent to the Poor Clares school at Charolles.
Her difficulties continued when she was bedridden for five years with rheumatic fever. However, this is when her love for the Blessed Sacrament began to grow. When twenty-four years of age, Margaret entered the cloister, choosing the most menial tasks. Gifted with intelligence and common sense, she made great progress in holiness.
She began receiving frequent visions of Christ. Christ informed her that she was His chosen instrument to spread devotion to His Sacred Heart, instructed her in a devotion that was to become known as the Nine Fridays and the Holy Hour, and asked that the feast of the Sacred Heart be established. It would take several years for her to convince the superiors of these requests, but the convent then began to observe the feast of the Sacred Heart privately beginning in 1686, and two years later, a chapel was built to honor the Sacred Heart. Soon observation of the feast of the Sacred Heart spread to other convents. The devotion was officially recognized and approved by Pope Clement XIII in 1765, seventy-five years after her death.
Quote: "I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God."
St. Margaret Mary, pray for us!
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