Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (''Filles de la Charité du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus''; F.C.S.C.J.) is a congregation established on 18 December 1823 in
France
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by Jean-Maurice Catroux (3 October 1794 – 16 April 1863
) and Rose Giet (3 December 1784 – 3 January 1848
). The sisters serve in nine countries as educators, health care workers, and pastoral care ministers.
History
Jean-Maurice Catroux was born 3 October 1794 and ordained a priest 19 December 1818. He became pastor at
La Salle-de-Vihiers
La Salle-de-Vihiers () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
On 15 December 2015, Chanzeaux, La Chapelle-Rousselin, Chemillé-Melay, Cossé-d'Anjou, La Jumellière, Neuvy-en-Mauges, Sainte-Christine, Saint-Geo ...
on 28 December 1820. Rose Giet was born 3 December 1784. She agreed to take charge of the education of children. Other young women joined her to educate the young and care for the sick. On 18 December 1823, the day the congregation marks as its founding, Giet became a professed religious, taking the name Sister Marie. Their work spread to other parishes Anjou, of Poitou and the area of Nantes.
The Congregation developed rapidly until 1902 when the French government expelled religious from the schools. Some took up secular garb, some left France. In 1905, four sisters arrived in Newport, Vermont. In 1911, Bishop
Paul LaRocque
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created a Canadian novitiate in
Sherbrooke
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, Quebec.
In 1960, the Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus established a novitiate in
Littleton, New Hampshire
Littleton is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,005 at the 2020 census. Situated at the northern edge of the White Mountains, Littleton is bounded on the northwest by the Connecticut River.
The main vill ...
. Ten years later, the building became an extended care facility. It also houses the central administration for Sacred Heart for New England, New York and Louisiana. In the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg
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, they serve in Plattsburg.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg
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They also have a presence is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durban
The Archdiocese of Durban evolved from the Vicariate Apostolic of Natal which was erected on 15 November 1850 and elevated to an archdiocese with the title Archdiocese of Durban on 11 January 1951. As of 2002, the Church census shows that there w ...
.
References
External links
OfficIal website
Catholic female orders and societies
Religious organizations established in 1848
1848 establishments in France
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