 Her final farewell to her mother and siblings was on 24 May 1816.In 1816 the members of her group and Chaminade's group's female members formed a religious congregation known as the Marianist Sisters that sought to combine an impulse for mission work with the contemplative nature of the Carmelites which she had once aspired to join.The local bishop had suspended permission for the women to take religious vows over the issue of the enclosure which was required with this step; the women were allowed to wear a religious habit during the Octave of Christmas alone and at no other stage until such permission could be granted on a formal level.