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VEBERT, ROSE DE SAINTE MARIE (SISTER)
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VEBERT, ROSE DE SAINTE MARIE (SISTER)
BIOGRAPHY
Sr. Rose de Sainte Marie Vebert
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Sr. Rose de Sainte Marie Vebert was born in France in 1865(6). After making her first religious profession she offered herself to be sent to Trinidad. Her assignation was for the Holy Name Convent and soon her many talents were greatly appreciated: she was intellectually gifted, was an excellent educator and administrator. She made her final Profession on November 21, 1893. For the next 17 years Sr. Rose assumed the responsibility for the management of the Catholic News printery which had been set up on the grounds of the Holy Name Convent by Archbishop Patrick Flood in 1892. She was also in charge of the girls of the Holy Name Training Centre who were employed at the printery. Sr. Rose even found time to visit patients at the colonial hospital next door to the convent.
In 1904 Sr. Rose was appointed Prioress of the Holy Name Convent and served for nine years. During this time she supervised the construction of a most beautiful chapel which was blessed by Archbishop Patrick Flood on February 11, 1906. A few years after this remarkable achievement, Sr. Rose was appointed Prioress of St. Dominic’s Convent in Belmont. It was a time of great poverty and deprivation, and the First World War. Life was difficult. By the year 1919 it was discovered that Sr. Rose had contracted the dreaded disease of leprosy. Arrangements were quickly made to have her hospitalised at the Cocorite leprosarium. |
The years 1919-1926 were years of silent suffering for her. However, there was also mutual support because her nurses were none other than her own Dominican Sisters. Sr. Rose moved to Chacachacare when the leprosarium was transferred to the island. She lived in a small cottage near the convent for the next 11 years. She became engaged in various activities with the patients and became fond of them. They called her cottage “la santa casa.”
Sr. Rose passed away on June 17, 1937 at the age of 72. She had been professed for 47 years and spent 45 years in Trinidad.
Sr. Rose passed away on June 17, 1937 at the age of 72. She had been professed for 47 years and spent 45 years in Trinidad.
Sr. Rose de Sainte Marie Vebert headstone at the Chacachacare Leprosarium cemetery.
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