Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux

The founder of the order, Pierre-Bienvenu Noailles

The Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux ( French : Sœurs de la Sainte-Famille de Bordeaux , abbreviation : SFB ) are a congregation under papal law . It was founded in 1820 by the French priest Pierre-Bienvenu Noailles (1793–1861) in Bordeaux ( France ).

history

Pierre-Bienvenu Noailles worked as a pastor in the parish of Saint-Eulalie in Bordeaux. He supported the caring activities of three young women who had dedicated themselves to religious life. His sister Catherine-Aimée was one of the young women. On May 28, 1820, Archbishop Charles-François d'Aviau Du Bois de Sanzay approved the establishment of the congregation . In 1831 the religious community received from Pope Gregory XVI. the papal approbation .

Royaumont Abbey

In 1864 the Congregation bought Royaumont Abbey and established its novitiate here . After the renovation work, a religious life developed again in the abbey with the “Sisters of the Holy Family”. In 1904 the sisters had to leave the house due to the separation of church and state . The abbey was sold to a wealthy industrialist.

Tasks and branches

The main task of the nuns is in the area of Christian education, in catechesis . The seat of the General House is in Rome . In 2005 the congregation counted 2,161 nuns working in over 312 institutions. The Order maintains branches in:

Europe: Belgium , France , Great Britain , Ireland , Italy , Poland , Spain and Belarus ;
Africa: Botswana , Cameroon , Chad , Congo and Lesotho and South Africa ;
Asia: Philippines , India , Pakistan and Sri Lanka ;
America: Argentina , Brazil , Canada , Paraguay and Peru .

Blessed Miriam Thresia

In 1914, Blessed Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan founded another Congregation of the Holy Family in India . Since the newly founded congregation did not yet have any religious rules , at the suggestion of their diocesan bishop they adopted the religious rules of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux, who already had a settlement in Sri Lanka.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ The Royaumont Abbey in the Ile de France Archived copy ( Memento of May 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Adoption of the rules of the order [1]

[1] The Royaumont Abbey in the Ile de France Archived copy ( Memento of May 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Adoption of the rules of the order [1]