Historic Timeline
June 29, 1735
Fr. de Cloriviere 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 Cloriviere 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 Cloriviere, S.J. entered the Society of Jesus in Paris.
August 17, 1758
Father de Cloriviere, S.J. professes first vows.
August 17, 1758
October 2, 1763
Father de Cloriviere, S.J. ordained a priest.
August 15, 1773
Father Pierre Joseph de Cloriviere, S.J. professes final vows in 1773.
August 15, 1773
October 1, 1776
Marie Adelaide de Cice writes letter of consecration and inspiration of way of life after 3-day retreat in 1776.
March 25, 1790
Father de Cloriviere preaches the Lenten sermons in the church of Saint Sauveur in Dinan. He speaks in defense of religious vows. He is immediately 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 Adelaide's inspiration as conceived by the Holy Spirit.
April 30, 1791
Father de Cloriviere calls Marie Adelaide de Cice to be the first Superior of the Society and instructs her to go to Paris.
April 30, 1791
August 15, 1792
Marie Adelaide de Cice professes first vows in Paris in 1792.
August 23, 1799
First arrest of Marie Adelaide de Cice.
August 23, 1799
September 11, 1799
Release of Marie Adelaide de Cice following her first arrest.
January 19, 1801
Marie Adelaide de Cice arrested and imprisoned in St. Pelsgie, again, for reasons of religious persecution.
January 19, 1801
April 1, 1801
Marie Adelaide de Cice interrogated in court.
April 7, 1801
Marie Adelaide de Cice 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
Father de Cloriviere arrested and imprisoned, first in La Force gaol, later transferred to the Temple Prison for four years and then sent to an asylum for one year.
April 11, 1809
Father de Cloriviere finally receives his freedom after five years of imprisonment.
April 11, 1809
April 26, 1818
Anniversary of the death of Marie Adelaide de Cice, co-founder and first General Superior of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary.
January 9, 1820
Father de Cloriviere, 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
First DHMs land in New York on the S.S. Humboldt-Mary Charlotte Le Ferec, Mademoiselle Blehan, and Anna Romaine Pance accompanied by Father Louis de Goesbriand.
October 8, 1851
October 10, 1851
The three Daughters of the Heart of Mary arrived in Cleveland, Ohio to establish the first foundation in the United States.
December 25, 1851
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
Victorin Boucher became the first Provincial of the new Province of the United States.
