Faithful Companions of Jesus
The Faithful Companions of Jesus Sisters (FCJ Sisters, French: Fidèles compagnes de Jésus) is a Christian
Marie Madeleine de Bonnault d'Houët
.
Service
The FCJ sisters can be found in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe.
In Australia
The FCJ sisters first arrived in Australia in 1882 and soon founded a school in Richmond, an inner suburb in Melbourne.
Vaucluse College FCJ
have since closed.
Today, FCJ communities exist around the country.
In 2002 the Sisters joined with those in
South East Asia
.
In literature
An interesting perspective on the FCJ sisters is given in God's Callgirl, the autobiography of
Vatican II
, which resulted in a number of strict rules being relaxed.
Schools
Sourced from the fcjsisters website.[2]
Australia
- Genazzano FCJ College, Melbourne
- Benalla, Victoria
- Vaucluse College, Richmond, Victoria (closed 2000)
Europe
Belgium
- St. John's International School, Waterloo (until its sale in 2016)
Ireland
- FCJ Secondary, Bunclody
- Laurel Hill Coláiste, Limerick
- Laurel Hill Secondary School, Limerick
United Kingdom
- England
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College, Liverpool
- Gumley House Convent School, London
- Maria Fidelis RC Convent School, London
- St David's Schoolin 2009)
- St Edmund's College)
- St Joseph's Convent, Hartlepool (now English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College)
- Upton Hall School, Upton, Merseyside
- Hollies Convent FCJ School, Manchester. Founded 1853, closed in 1985.
- Stella Maris Convent, Broadstairs
St. Victoire’s Convent, Hackney, London
North America
- St. Mary's High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Saint Philomena School, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Notes
- ISBN 978-0-7322-8236-3.
- ^ FCJ Institutions and Schools www.fcjsisters.org, accessed 29 April 2022
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