Mother St. John Fontbonne - JLJOF
by Julie Lonneman
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Mother St. John Fontbonne - JLJOF
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Julie Lonneman
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Painting - Black & White Scratchboard, Colored Pencil Illustrations
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Mother St. John Fontbonne
Second Foundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon
1759-1843
During the French Revolution, religious communities were suppressed or disbanded. Religious who courageously remained in their communities were pressured to take an oath of loyalty to the Constitution or their goods were confiscated. Sisters were forbidden to teach or to care for the sick. Mother St. John Fontbonne of the Sisters of St. Joseph refused to take the oath and her community was dispersed. She remained at her post until a mob dragged her from the convent. Like many other sisters who returned to their families, she continued to serve the needy secretly. Not long after, she was imprisoned at Saint-Didier and sentenced to be guillotined. News of the fall of the government on the day before her execution saved her. Fifteen years later, Mother St. John reestablished the Sisters of St. Joseph when the effects of the Revolution had subsided. With great faith and her bountiful administrative gifts, she brought together sisters from dispersed congregations, repurchased and restored former convents, and established over two hundred new communities.
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