The Faithful Companions of Jesus Sisters (FCJ Sisters, French: Fidèles compagnes de Jésus ) is a Christian religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church directly subject to the Pope . It was founded in Amiens in France in 1820 by Marie Madeleine de Bonnault d'Houët .
4-425: FCJ may refer to: fcj , a Musical Artist Faithful Companions of Jesus FC Jyväskylä Blackbird , a Finnish football club Formula Challenge Japan , a Japanese racing series Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title FCJ . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-1021: The Americas , Asia , Australia and Europe . The FCJ sisters first arrived in Australia in 1882 and soon founded a school in Richmond, an inner suburb in Melbourne. Vaucluse College FCJ was soon at capacity, so land was purchased in Kew . They built a new convent and boarding school which marked the establishment of Genazzano FCJ College . In 1900 the Sisters set up a school in Benalla called FCJ College and in 1968 founded Stella Maris Convent and boarding school in Frankston, Victoria . The Stella Maris Convent and Vaucluse College FCJ have since closed. Today, FCJ communities exist around
12-707: The country. In 2002 the Sisters joined with those in Indonesia and the Philippines to form a new province—the Province of Asia-Australia. New foundations are to be established elsewhere in South East Asia . An interesting perspective on the FCJ sisters is given in God's Callgirl , the autobiography of Carla van Raay (Australia, 2004) in which the author describes joining the institute at
16-404: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FCJ&oldid=975928130 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Faithful Companions of Jesus The FCJ sisters can be found in
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