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 and/or child:
“The quickness with which all the “stuff” from childhood can reduce adult siblings to kids again underscores the strong and complex connections between brothers and sisters.... It doesn’t seem to matter how much time has elapsed or how far we’ve traveled. Our brothers and sisters bring us face to face with our former selves and remind us how intricately bound up we are in each other’s lives.”
—Jane Mersky Leder (20th century)
“The child begins life as a pleasure-seeking animal; his infantile personality is organized around his own appetites and his own body. In the course of his rearing the goal of exclusive pleasure seeking must be modified drastically, the fundamental urges must be subject to the dictates of conscience and society, urges must be capable of postponement and in some instances of renunciation completely.”
—Selma H. Fraiberg (20th century)