Starting in 1886, a series of anti-clerical laws in France prohibited Catholic education. The Sisters' schools were closed by French authorities in Broons, Corseul, La Malhoure, Plumaudan, Morbihan, and Noyal. Some Sisters then left France for countries in which they would be able to teach, forming convents in Guernsey, the Netherlands, and Belgium.Anonymous 1948, p. 272.
