Congregation of the Mother of God

The Congrégation of the Mother of God is a female catholic religious institute created in France in the middle of the 17th siècle.

Foundation

Congregation founded in 1648 by J. - J. Olier, cleaned Saint-Sulpice, and Madeleine Leschassier.

Historical reference marks

  • Foundation in 1648 of a first orphanage.
  • Dispersion of the nuns in 1797.
  • Re-establishment in congregation in 1808 (Ladies of the Mother of God) per Marie Marguerite Arsene de Lézeau.
  • Napoleon entrusts the direction of the houses of education of the Legion of honor to the congregation in 1809 (formalized by the imperial decree of July 15th, 1810).
  • Laicization of the houses of the Legion of honor (1880).
  • Foundation of the house of Cairo (Egypt) in 1880.
  • In 1903, the nuns must leave France.
  • Creation of a new hearth in Paris in 1930.
  • 1960: installation in Lebanon.

Establishments

  • France: house généralice in Paris, street of Calais; boarding school Jeanne d' Arc with Stamps.
  • Egypt: Cairo, Alexandria.
  • Lebanon: Ajaltoun.
  • the congregation was also established with Lille, Brest and Dijon like in Belgium (1919, close to Turned) and in England (1881) with Clifton and Surbiton.

Statistics

  • 63 members in 1980.

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