Adele Euphrasie Barbier

Adèle Euphrasie Barbier (Religious name: Mother Mary of the Heart of Jesus) (4 January 1829 – 18 January 1893) was a New Zealand Roman Catholic nun, teacher and religious founder. She was born in Caen, France on 4 January 1829. Adèle Euphrasie Barbier was the founder of Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions. She worked in a laundry when she was 13 and opened her own laundry at home when she was 17. She died in Westbere, Kent, England on 18 January 1893.