 At this time, Adele began visiting the sick and inviting poor children from the country to her home to teach them about the fundamentals of the Christian faith.In 1808 her mother visited a friend who worked at a hospital in Figeac.While telling this friend in the hospital waiting room about her daughter's group another man (Hyacinthe Lafon) in the waiting area overheard their conversation and told the Baroness that the association's goals and purposes sounded similar to another group he belonged to in Bordeaux that Blessed William Joseph Chaminade founded.