Joseph Alexis Joye

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Joseph Alexis Joye (born April 18, 1852 in Romont , Canton of Friborg ; † March 1, 1919 in Basel ) was a Swiss educator , theologian , priest , youth chaplain , photographer , cineast and film pioneer.

life and work

Joye was the eldest son of Jules and Elisabeth, née Perroud. He attended secondary school in Romont and then the St. Michael College in Freiburg . Joye entered the Jesuit order in Gorheim near Sigmaringen in 1869 . During the Franco-Prussian War he worked as a novice in the hospital service of the German troops.

Joye began studying philosophy in Maria Laach near Bonn in 1871 and continued it in Bleijenbeek , Netherlands , from 1872 to 1874 after his expulsion from the German Empire . Joye then worked as an educator in the College of Tournai until 1877 and conducted humanistic studies in Wijnandsrade , Netherlands , from 1877 to 1879 . Joye studied theology in Ditton-Hall, England , and was ordained a priest there in 1882. The third took place near Liverpool from 1883 to 1884 .

At Saint Mary's College, Canterbury , Joye prepared for pastoral care and preaching from 1884 to 1885. He was parish vicar in Bern in 1885 and as a spa priest in Interlaken during the summer months .

Joye wanted to go overseas as a missionary, but in 1886 his superiors sent him to Basel, where he worked as a priest in the Mission catholique and in the parishes of St. Clara and St. Marien. In Basel he became a successful youth chaplain and founded the Vinzentianum orphanage, the Borromäum youth home, the Merkuria commercial association and the Catholic abstinent league. Joye worked from 1907 to 1911 and from 1915 to 1918 as superior of the Jesuits active in Switzerland. From 1911 to 1915 he was Provincial of the German Province.

Joye was in contact with Auguste Lumière and, for his teaching activities, took pictures from books and magazines on photo plates that he prepared and developed himself. In the course of the years 16,000 hand- colored slides were made that he used for schools and adult education. Joye made his first film in Basel in 1901 and from 1905 he showed films regularly.

Joye found his final resting place in the Jesuit cemetery near the Lassalle house .

Joye left behind an important collection of around 2000 films from the turn of the century, 1200 of which are still preserved today.

In 1976, Stefan Bamberger handed the collection over to the National Film Registry for professional restoration. The collection contains milestones in early cinema history that were long believed lost.

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SURNAME Joye, Joseph Alexis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss educator, theologian, priest, youth minister, photographer, cineast and film pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Romont , Canton of Friborg
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1919
Place of death Basel