Rose Philippine Duchesne, RCSJ, was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988. A native of France, she immigrated as a missionary to America, and is recognized for her care and education of Indigenous American survivors of the United States Indian removal programs.

Madeleine Sophie Barat, RSCJ,, was a French saint of the Catholic Church who founded the Society of the Sacred Heart, a worldwide religious institute of educators.