Convent of Jesus and Mary
{{Short description|Network of Roman Catholic schools}}
{{for|the Japanese school in Madrid|Colegio Japonés de Madrid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.[http://www.genrjm.org Congrégation des Religieuses de Jésus-Marie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808133354/http://www.genrjm.org/ |date=August 8, 2015 }} (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 of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to the education and service of the poor in Lyon, 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, New Delhi (1968)
- St. Bede's College, Shimla (1904)
Ireland:
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
{{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Convent of Jesus and Mary}}
Category:Girls' schools in France
Category:Catholic schools in India
Category:Catholic schools in the United Kingdom
Category:Roman Catholic schools in the Republic of Ireland