Mother Saint John Fontbonne Foundress Of The Congregation Of The Sisters Of Saint Joseph Of Lyons

Author : Abbe Rivaux
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ISBN 13 : 9781331770299
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Life of Rev. Mother St. John Fontbonne written by Abbe Rivaux and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life of Rev. Mother St. John Fontbonne: Foundress and First Superior-General of the Congregation of the Sister of St. Joseph in Lyons The desire to render generally accessible to the Sisters of St. Joseph some of the records of our beloved Congregation, at present available only to those conversant with French, has prompted the translation of the present work. All the English-speaking communities of our Institute treasure a special reverence for Rev. Mother St. John Fontbonne, for to the Congregation of Lyons they, with but very few exceptions, can trace their origin. The inter est, then, that attaches itself to whatever concerns one's religious family, will, we trust, secure a welcome for our book, whatever may be its faults and shortcomings. We have rendered the Abbe Rivaux's "Life" somewhat freely, taking the liberty to add or curtail where fuller and later information seemed to render it necessary. The sketches of Foundations in various parts of the world, which are not to be found in the original, were introduced at the suggestion of one whose wish we regard as law. Brief and defective as they necessarily are, we feel confident they will render the work more acceptable to our Sisters in both the Old and the New World. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.