The Faithful Nun

Euphrasie Barbier was born in 1829 in Caen , France. She was a humble nun that put others first before herself.

When she was a young nun she was faithful and was determined to be a foreign missionary. She first joined the Sister of Calvary hoping to travel to a new country to teach about God. She left for London but toward the end of 1850s she had to travel back to France. Euphrasie left the Sisters of Calvary.

In 1861 she founded the Mission Sisters. Hearing about New Zealand she left France to teach young European settlers as well as Maori Girls. It was very courageous of her since mostly only male missionaries did this kind of job but her faithfulness and commitment pushed her to be a helpful, loving nun.

Even though she was becoming old Euphrasie still showed her faith and still guided the mission sisters but on January the 18 1893 she died at Sturry, England.