In the month of December 1830, during meditation, Catherine again heard the rustling sound, this time behind the altar. The same image of the medal was present near the tabernacle, slightly to the back of it.
“These rays are the symbol of the graces that the Blessed Virgin obtains for those who ask them of her”.
Catherine communicated again these requests from the Blessed Virgin to Father Aladel, her confessor. He was not receptive to the message and forbade her to think about it. She was severely shocked. On January 30 1831, Catherine finished her novitiate and received the habit of the Daughters of Charity. The next day she left rue du Bac for the Hospice of Enghien, which was established by the Orleans family and located at 12 rue de Picpus at Reuilly, in a poverty-stricken area on the east side of Paris, where she would serve the poor throughout 46 years quietly and unknown.