writers of that period. He was not one of them. However, his writings gained popularity in the twentieth century. In fact, he never knew he wrote the book Abandonment to Divine Providence. In 1729, Caussade arrived in Nancy, in the Lorraine province of France, and became director of the Visitation nuns. He remained there just a year, and then returned there in 1733 for a nearly six-year stay before being transferred again. The superiors of the Visitation monastery carefully preserved the letters