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Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille
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Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille
The
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille
aka Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg is a
Roman Catholic
congregation of women. Its forebearer, the
The Congregation of Sisters of Saint Joseph
was started in
Le Puy
,
France
by the
Jesuit
Jean Pierre Médaille
and accepted by the bishop, Monsignor de Maupas, on October 15, 1650. The Congregation of Saint Joseph was disbanded during the
French Revolution
. It was revived in 1807 at Lyon, during the Napoleonic regime through the efforts of
Cardinal Fesch
and Mother
Saint John Fontbonne
.
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