On July 15th, Cluny Sisters from around the world
celebrate their Founder, Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey.
Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey’s vision of children and peoples of all colors and cultures became the charism and missionary zeal of the Congregation to ‘Go Out’ to all the world and ‘Proclaim’ the Good News of the Gospel’.
Our missionary discipleship grounds us in a communal, contemplative discernment that searches ‘to know and do the Will of God’
in the new world of our day.
“O, how happy we are
to have so beautiful a vocation!’’
AMJ
Anne-Marie Javouhey was born in France on November 11, 1779. In 1807, she founded the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny who dedicated themselves to the care of the sick and to teaching. She wrote,
"...There is so much resourcefulness in children, It is on them that I count
if God wishes to use us for such a great apostolate..."
Called to minister to the colonies, Anne Marie devoted herself to the emancipation of the slaves. She died July 15, 1851.
O God, we thank you
for the life of Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey
and for the apostolic work
continued by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny.
May we be faithful to her spirit in our living today
and in our service
to the young, the poor, the sick, the afflicted and oppressed.
We ask this in the name of Jesus whose gospel she so faithfully followed.
Amen.
Today, we are an international missionary congregation of 2,400 Cluny Sisters living in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands, serving in 56 countries. The dynamism of diverse languages, cultures and mission experiences strengthens our unity and sense of belonging. It calls us to live more authentically our charism as missionary disciples in a new world, by participating in the Mission of Jesus to evangelize, heal and liberate all peoples, especially the poor, the least the lost and the last. Going to the peripheries and beyond boundaries, the mission includes the whole of God’s creation.
