Historic Timeline
June 29, 1735
Pierre Joseph Picot de Clorivière was born in Saint-Malo, Brittany, France.
June 29, 1735
November 5, 1749
Marie Adélaïde de Cicé was born at Chateau de Cice in Bruz parish near Rennes.
February 23, 1756
As Pierre Joseph de Clorivière was leaving the chapel of the Jesuit Fathers on the rue Pot de Fer, a stranger spoke to him confirming his calling by God to the priesthood, under the protection of St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier.
February 23, 1756
August 14, 1756
Father de Clorivière, S.J. entered the Society of Jesus in Paris.
August 17, 1758
Father de Clorivière, S.J. professes first vows.
August 17, 1758
October 2, 1763
Father de Clorivière, S.J. ordained a priest.
August 15, 1773
Fr. Pierre Joseph de Clorivière, S.J. professes final vows.
August 15, 1773
October 1, 1776
Marie Adèlaïde de Cicé writes a letter of consecration and inspiration or a way of life after a 3-day retreat in 1776.
March 25, 1790
Fr. de Clorivière preaches the Lenten sermons in the church of Saint Sauveur in Dinan. He speaks in defense of religious vows. He is immediately arrested afterwards, and later released.
March 25, 1790
August 18, 1790
Fr. de Clorivière had an inspiration: to form a society for women. This corresponded to Marie Adèlaïde’s inspiration as conceived by the Holy Spirit.
April 30, 1791
Fr. de Clorivière calls Marie Adèlaïde de Cicé to be the first Superior of the Society and instructs her to go to Paris.
April 30, 1791
August 15, 1792
Marie Adèlaïde de Cicé professes first vows in Paris in 1792.
August 23, 1799
First arrest of Marie Adèlaïde de Cicé.
August 23, 1799
September 11, 1799
Release of Marie Adèlaïde de Cicé following her first arrest.
January 19, 1801
Marie Adèlaïde de Cicé arrested and imprisoned in St. Pelsgie, again, for reasons of religious persecution.
January 19, 1801
April 1, 1801
Marie Adèlaïde de Cicé interrogated in court.
April 7, 1801
Marie Adèlaïde de Cicé acquitted, thanks to more than 200 of the poor who came to her trial to testify to her devotion towards them.
April 7, 1801
May 5, 1804
Fr. de Clorivière arrested and imprisoned, first in La Force goal Prison, later transferred to the Temple Prison for four years and then sent to an asylum for one year.
April 11, 1809
Fr. de Clorivière finally receives his freedom after five years of imprisonment.
April 11, 1809
April 26, 1818
Anniversary of the death of Marie Adèlaïde de Cicé , co-founder and first General Superior of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary.
January 9, 1820
Fr. de Clorivière, S.J. dies peacefully in the chapel kneeling in Eucharistic Adoration.
January 9, 1820
July 19, 1825
The Constitution of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary receives approbation.
October 8, 1851
The first DHM land in New York on the S.S. Humboldt: Mary Charlotte Le Ferec, Mademoiselle Blehan, and Anna Romaine Pance accompanied by Fr. Louis de Goesbriand.
October 8, 1851
October 10, 1851
The three DHM arrived in Cleveland, Ohio to establish the first foundation in the United States.
December 25, 1851
The first orphan arrives at St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum in Cleveland. Her name is Mary Ann Kelly, and she is 9 years old.
December 25, 1851
August 1855
Victorine Boucher became the first Provincial of the new DHM Province of the United States.
