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Jean-Claude, born on 7 August 1790 at the hamlet of Barbery, in the Beaujolais region of central France, the son of Jacques Colin and his wife Marie Gonnet, who had married in 1771. He was the eighth of a total of nine children: Claudine, Jean, Mariette, Sébastien, Jeanne-Marie, Pierre, Anne-Marie (who died at birth), Jean-Claude and Joseph.
Venerable Jean-Claude Colin, founder of the Society of Mary The Society of Mary ( Latin : Societas Mariæ ), better known under the name Marist, is a religious congregation under pontifical right. Born in Cerdon (France) under the leadership of Jean-Claude Colin , the Society of Mary was recognized by an apostolic brief on April 29, 1836 and is ...
Finally in 1817, when she was 31 years old, she received a letter from Fr Pierre Colin, brother of Jean-Claude Colin, who had once been parish priest in Coutouvre, inviting her to Cerdon to collaborate in the Marist project. She knew immediately that this was where God was calling her. With her close friend Marie Jotillon, she set off for Cerdon.
The Marists were founded by Father Jean-Claude Colin in France in 1816. Pope Gregory XVI, approved the religious institute in 1836. The Little Brothers of Mary and the Sisters of the Holy Name of Mary, commonly called Marist Brothers and Marist Sisters, were reserved for separate institutes.
Jeanne-Marie Chavoin (29 August 1786 – 30 June 1858) and Jean-Claude Colin together founded the Marist Sisters, a Catholic religious institute of women. Jeanne-Marie was born in the village of Coutouvre, France. She met Fr Pierre Colin when he was parish priest at Coutouvre.
Jean-Claude Courveille, born in Usson-en-Forez on May 15, 1787, and died on September 25, 1866, in Solesmes, was a French Catholic priest.. He is known for his involvement in the "Group of Saint-Irénée" along with the seminarian Étienne Déclas.
In 1833, he accompanied Jean-Claude Colin to Rome to seek approval of the nascent Society. In 1836, the Marists were asked to send missionaries to the territory of the southwest Pacific. [5] In return for eventual acceptance, the group were promised formal approbation, granted by Pope Gregory XVI.
Marist College was established as small private girls' school in 1928. [5] [6] It was founded by the Marist Sisters, [7] a congregation or order of Roman Catholic women started in France during the early 19th century by Jeanne-Marie Chavoin and Jean-Claude Colin. [8]