The National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
​would like to welcome
Sr. Marie Notre Dame des Victoires, SSVM

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Sr. Victoires was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and moved to the USA with her family in 2006. She is a missionary sister of the Institute Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara (the female branch of the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word). She attended Mount St. Mary’s University as a freshman in 2008, where she discerned her vocation, and entered religious life in August 2009. After her formation she has served in the missions of her Institute in Africa (Tanzania and Tunisia). She made her final profession of vows on September14, 2016 at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.
 
The Grotto is blessed to have Sr. Victoires!

​Photo: Left- Mother Asterone, Right- Sr. Victoires