Pauline Jaricot: The Living Rosary (II)

The Living Rosary spread abroad, in Switzerland, Belgium, England, and several countries on the American and African continents. In 1832, at the age of 33, Pauline bought a large house on the hill of Lorette in Lyons for the organization of the Living Rosary, and also to give Our Lady of Fourvière a pedestal of greenery and prayer. She gathered a few companions, the Daughters of Mary, there to meet the obligations of the new organization which, the first year alone, sent out 240,000 books, 80,000 holy images, 40,000 medals and 19,000 rosaries. On January 27, 1832, a brief from Pope Gregory XVI gave Pauline the approval of the Supreme Pontiff. In 1834, the Living Rosary had more than a million members in France alone. At the time of Pauline's death in 1862, there were 2.2 million.