Leaving Europe Behind: The Foundations of the Faithful Companions of Jesus in America (19th century)
(2014) Crossings and Dwellings — Location: Chicago (16.October.2014)
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- As the conference aims at locating works of both restored Jesuits and religious women within the American context, I would like to present a case study on the Faithful Companions of Jesus. When founded in France in 1820, they applied a symbolic and male model – following the Jesuit Rule and Constitutions “not in their entirety but as followed by those who are not priests or preparing for the priesthood” – extending opportunities for female religious life, in order to produce impact on civil society. They faced opposition from each level of religious authority, being at the same time supported within these networks. The Faithful Companions of Jesus crossed the ocean in 1883, responding to calls for religious women, and settled in Canada. In 1895, they came from Brandon and opened Fond du Lac (Wisconsin, USA). One year later, they arrived in Fitchburg (Massachusetts, USA). In Europe, Jesuits did not admit a parallel institution in the conditions lived by the Faithful Companions of Jesus. I seek to understand how the sisters adapted to America by creating new “identities” in accordance with their European Catholic inheritance, and how their relation with Jesuits evolved.
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Barthélemy, S. (2014). Leaving Europe Behind: The Foundations of the Faithful Companions of Jesus in America (19th century). Crossings and Dwellings, Chicago. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/123144