Jesus-Mary, Congregation of
Jesus-Mary, Congregation of
Founded by Claudine Thevenet at Lyons, France , 1818 , primarily for the education of girls. The congregation has 70 houses, including colleges, normal schools, boarding and day schools, orphanages, dispensaries, and guesthouses, in France , Spain, England , Ireland , Switzerland, Italy , Germany , India, Argentina , Canada , the United States, and Mexico . The mother-house is in Rome; the total number of religious is 1,600.