She was known for her staunch devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus[1] and the members of the union ought to renew the society "by their example and their holy lives".

In 1844 she and her aunt began the process of establishing a new community devoted to the Sacred Heart, but the project stalled with de Raffin's death on 4 December 1845.

Chauvance sought the counsel of her spiritual director, Father Gaume, and decided not to join the Carmelites as she intended, but rather to continue the work she and her aunt began.

She was later made superior of her congregation on 17 May 1880 while Pope Leo XIII granted papal approval to the order on 4 October 1881.

[4] The formal introduction to the cause came on 23 December 1914 under Pope Benedict XV, granting Chauvance the title of Servant of God.

A miracle in France was validated on 26 June 1923 and received papal approval on 3 March 1990, which allowed for John Paul II to preside over her beatification on the following 4 November.