Srs of Charity of O.L. of Evron
SISTERS OF CHARITY OF OUR LADY OF EVRON
WEBSITE: http://www.soeurs-charite-evron.com/
BEGINNINGS IN 17th CENTURY FRANCE
Their foundress, Perrine Brunet, was born in Chapelle au Riboul in Mayenne on the 6th November 1654. In spite of her desire to enter religious life, she marries Rene Thulard, a royal notary and possibly a merchant in the area, in accordance with the will of her parents. Widowed and childless at the age of 25, Perrine resumed what she had begun as a young girl: “teaching reading, writing and counting” to the village girls.
Her desire to become a religious resurfaces. Influenced by the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Francis de Sales, she realises this project by consecrating herself to God while teaching and going to visit the “sick and poor in their own homes.” Other young girls become associated with her project. Thus, in 1682, the “Society of Daughters of Charity” comes into being, dedicated to teaching and the care of the sick, while at the same time becoming more open to God.
WHERE ARE THESE SISTERS TODAY
Great Britain
In Manchester, Liverpool, Runcorn, Stockport, Brinnington
In Portmadoc, Wales.
| FranceIn Mayenne (53) : In Évron, the Mother House and two communities. The Chapelle au Riboul, Mézangers, Neau, Mayenne. In the city of Laval there are four communities. In Sarthe (72) : In Orne (61) : in the city of Alençon : 1 community Indre et Loire (37) : 1 community |
| CanadaIn Edmonton: 2 communities In Bonnyville Two sisters of the congregation are in Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| AfricaIn Ivory Coast : 6 communities located in Abidjan, Bécédi, Guitry, Hiré, Lakota, Oumé. In Burkina Faso: 2 communities, one in Oury and the other in Boromo |
| PerùLima (diocese of Chosica), 1 community |