 In 1952, at the age of seventy, Maritain retired from Princeton, but continued living and periodically lecturing there as Professor Emeritus. After the death of Raïssa’s sister Vera in Princeton in December, 1959, the Maritains returned to France. Following Raïssa’s death in November 1960, Jacques moved to Toulouse, where he decided to live with a religious order, the Little Brothers of Jesus. During this time he wrote a number of books, the best-known of which was Le paysan de la Garonne (a work sharply critical of post-Vatican Council reforms), published in late 1966. In 1970, he petitioned to join the order, and died in Toulouse on April 28, 1973. He is buried alongside Raïssa in Kolbsheim (Alsace) France.