The Mariam Bawardi Kindergarten was founded in 1968, and it was the first Kindergarten in Ibillin.
She was born on 5 January 1846 (the eve of Epiphany) in the village of I'billin, the region of Southern Syria in the Ottoman Empire, now in Israel, to Giries (George) Baouardy and his wife, Mariam Chahine, both of Damascene ancestry.
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At that point, Mother Veronica had just received permission to transfer to the Discalced Carmelite monastery at Pau to prepare for her forming a new congregation of Religious Sisters serving in India, the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel.
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In May 1863 a generous patron made it possible for Baouardy to move to Marseille, France, where she became the cook for an Arab family.
Mengistu Haile Mariam | Amba Mariam | Mariam Tsitsishvili | Mariam Naficy | Mariam Matossian | Mariam Baouardy | Mahisente Habte Mariam | Agnes Mariam de la Croix |