NUNS~Daughters of Wisdom~1934 RARE Photo Album~ Sagesse
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Les Filles de la SAGESSE PLEASE NOTE: THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THIS BOOK IS IN FRENCH. In this auction, we are offering a very rare photo album published by the religious congregation of nuns known as the Daughters of Wisdom ~~ highlighting their foreign missions throughout the world, circa 1935. “ La Sagesse et Ses Missions ” is a 42-page soft covered book published by the nuns in 1937. It is filled with beautiful sepia colored vintage photographs of the nuns in their foreign missions located around the world. This RARE and HARD TO FIND book begins with a brief history of the Daughters of Wisdom including many photos of their Mother House in France and the daily life of the Sisters during their Formation process: Postulants and Novices dressed in their traditional religious habits going about their duties and daily life in the Novitiate. “ La Sagesse et Ses Missions ” then covers: Their Mission in Columbia, founded in 1905; Their Mission in Haiti, founded in 1875; Their Mission in Central Africa, founded in 1904 and consisting of 5 Convents and 25 Nuns; Their ‘New’ Missions of Madagascar (1934) and The Belgian Congo (1935). These four sections narrate the history of these missions through an extensive use of wonderful vintage photographs of these missionary nuns and their missions. “ La Sagesse et Ses Missions ” is a VERY
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