The Convent of Jesus and Mary ("CJM") is a network of Roman Catholic schools founded by the Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary. The school network originating in east-central France in the 19th century has since its inception expanded to several countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America.

Countries

There are schools in Ireland, Spain, Italy, England, and Germany, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and Bolivia, Lebanon, Syria,

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, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.Congrégation des Religieuses de Jésus-Marie
(Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary), genrjm.org, Retrieved 11 August 2015

History

Claudine Thévenet (1774–1837) (known as ''Mary of St. Ignatius'') founded the

religious institute In the Catholic Church, a religious institute is "a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public religious vows, vows, either perpetual or temporary which are to be renewed, however, when the period of time has elapsed, a ...

of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, a

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religious congregation A religious congregation is a type of Religious institute (Catholic), religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from Religious order (Catholic), religious orders – the other major type of religious institute – i ...

of women dedicated to the education and service of the poor 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, on 5 October 1818.

School Network

Some of the CJM schools include: India: * St. Patrick’s Junior College, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Agra (1842) * St. Anthony's Junior College, Agra (1945) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala (1909) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Dehradun (1901) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi (1919) * Mount Mary Convent High School (1913) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Mumbai; Fort Convent, Mumbai (1855) * St. Anne’s High School, Fort, Mumbai (1929) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Mussoorie (1845) * St. Anne’s School, Camp, Pune (1860) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ranaghat (1996) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Chelsea, Shimla (1864) * Convent of Jesus and Mary School, Vadodara (1946) Colleges: *

Jesus and Mary College Jesus and Mary College (JMC) is a women-only college of the University of Delhi located in New Delhi, India. The college offers bachelor's degrees in Commerce, Arts, and Mathematics. The college offers honours degrees in Elementary Education, H ...

, New Delhi (1968) *

St. Bede's College, Shimla St. Bede's College is a women's college in Navbahar, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. The college was originally established as a teacher's training institute in 1904 by the Religious of Jesus and Mary. Today, it offers courses in Arts, Comme ...

(1904) Ireland: * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Gortnor Abbey, Co. Mayo (1912) Pakistan: * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Sialkot (1856) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Murree (1876) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore (1876) * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Karachi (1957) United Kingdom: * Convent of Jesus and Mary, Thornton College, Thornton, Buckingham * Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College, London

References

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