The Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions, also known as Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions (and as RNDM from the French name ''Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions''),''Ann. Pont. 2007'', p. 1644. is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women. They were founded in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, France, in 1861 by Adèle Euphrasie Barbier (1829 – 1893). The congregation has missions in Italy, Australia, Bangladesh,

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, Canada, France, India, Kenya, countries in

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, Myanmar, New Zealand,

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, Philippines,

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and Vietnam.DIP, vol. III (1976), coll. 1652-1653, voce a cura di G. Rocca. Sisters of the Congregation were involved in the running of the Canadian residential schools including the

Marieval Indian Residential School The Marieval Indian Residential School was part of the Canadian Indian residential school system. Located on the Cowessess 73, Cowessess 73 reserve in Marieval, Saskatchewan, it operated from 1898 to 1997. It was located in Qu'Appelle Valley, ...

. The school was founded by four sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions and was subsequently run by the

Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe The Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe (Soeurs de Saint-Joseph de Saint-Hyacinthe) are a female religious congregation teaching institute established under Pontifical right. Historical background The congregation was founded on September ...

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