Nun had special relationship with TV network founder
Mother Gabrielle Marie poses for a photo outside St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux.
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Published: Monday, May 28, 2012
Gabrielle Marie's mornings begin like most women as she slowly opens her eyes and prepares for the day ahead. But instead of heading to an office or sending children off to school, Marie meets up with her fellow Benedictine Daughters for breakfast before spending the better part of her afternoon praying.
Mother Marie, as she is better known, is a member of a religious order of nuns based in Italy that she founded several years ago after leaving her position as mother vicar of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Ala.
That just so happens to be Mother Mary Angelica's order.
The Napoleonville native spent 33 years by Mother Angelica's side.
Mother Angelica founded EWTN, Eternal Word Television Network, in 1981 and began running religious programming on the station. She relinquished control of the network in 2000 and suffered a stroke in 2001.
Mother Marie is the nun many might remember who sat directly next to Mother Angelica reciting The Rosary on TV.
The story of how a girl from south Louisiana found herself sharing a TV set with such a beloved nun is an interesting one, said Ana Kearns, who served as a chaperone of sorts during Mother Marie's recent visit to south Louisiana. Kearns is president of the Thibodaux Music Club.
“When you are around her you sense the Holy Spirt and receive many blessings,” Kearns said.
Mother Marie, whose birth name is Gayle Breaux, described how she attended St. Philomena Elementary School in Labadieville as a child. It was then that she started to feel a tug toward religious life.
After attending college in New Orleans and later traveling to work at mental hospital in Indiana, Marie wanted to come home.
Entire story here: http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120528/articles/120529672?p=2&tc=pg
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