The Sisters of the Child Jesus, is a Roman Catholic religious institute, and was founded by Ann-Marie Martel, who died in 1673, in Le Puy, France. In 1676, the congregation received official recognition as The Ladies of Instruction of the Child Jesus.
Four sisters of the congregation arrived in Williams Lake, British Columbia, in 1896, to help, Bishop Durieu, with First Nations people. From this time the congregation has taught in various schools and built schools & foundations across western Canada & Quebec.
Today there are sisters in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Famous quotes containing the words sisters, child and/or jesus:
“He’s made a harp of her breast-bane,
Whose sound wad melt a heart of stane.
He’s ta’en three locks o’ her yellow hair,
And wi’ them strung his harp sae rare.”
—Unknown. Binnorie; or, The Two Sisters (l. 41–44)
“A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone.”
—Jane Harrison (1850–1928)
“Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 9:1,2.