09/05/2023
Her family having moved to Mailly-le-Château, Élise made her first communion there under the leadership of father Léon POITOUT, a former missionary from China. Élise was very happy with this priest. She would later say to her new parish priest, father André GÉNÉRAT:
As she grew older, Élise revealed a rare ability to express herself. The poems that she began to compose at the age of 13 are proof of this. They show Elise's striking conception of the world: nature is the visible sign of its Creator. It therefore takes us to recognize Him and to love Him; and in Him all the spiritual world of which the Blessed Virgin and the Angels are part.
Élise is 13 years old and she already has a very deep understanding of the faith. The Blessed Virgin will be present in all the major decisions of Elise’s life; it is to her that Elise attributes all of her spiritual victories.