From the beginning the communities of Marie Reparatrice/ MaryReparatrix consecrated a part of their day to adoration of the blessed Sacrament.  Until the middle of the XXth Century, two by two, the sisters replaced each other at the prie-dieu before theAltar.  They wore a white cloak with a blue border that could be compared to a cloak  worn at a royal court. 

The altar was lavishly decorated with flowers, candles, lace and carpets.  This life centered around adoration – their “great occupation” – also included the public recitation of the Office of the Sacred Heart and of the Blessed Virgin.  (In 1965 the Liturgy of the Hours replaced these Offices).  This was a specific characteristic of the congregation which did not strictly follow the Ignatian influence.