About Us
Anne Marie Javouhey guided by the impulses of the Holy Spirit founded the Society of St. Joseph of Cluny on 12th May 1807, where she along with her three sisters and five others, made their profession in Chalon - sur - saone, and later established themselves in a house in Cluny (France). The Congregation from then on began to be called the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny.
Our History
Anne Marie Javouhey guided by the impulses of the Holy Spirit founded the Society of St. Joseph of Cluny on 12th May 1807, where she along with her three sisters and five others, made their profession in Chalon - sur - saone, and later established themselves in a house in Cluny (France). The Congregation from then on began to be called the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny.
Anne Marie Javouhey cared for the orphans, educated children, worked for the human development of all. She worked for the formation of the African Clergy and was the outstanding liberator of slaves.
In her own life time, her missionary activities were extended to the five continents. She was so recognized for her devotedness, ingenuity and audacity that she was acclaimed as the "Liberator of slaves, The Valiant Woman, The Apostle of Negroes, and The Mother of Black - Races".
Anne Marie Javouhey guided by the impulses of the Holy Spirit founded the Society of St. Joseph of Cluny on 12th May 1807, where she along with her three sisters and five others, made their profession in Chalon - sur - saone, and later established themselves in a house in Cluny (France). The Congregation from then on began to be called the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny.
Cluny in India
The sisters of St Joseph's of Cluny arrived in India in the year 1827 and went on to make their presence felt in various territories here. Some of the places where the sisters have established are New Delhi, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim and Madhya Pradesh.
The first house in India was opened in Pondicherry in 1827.
Today there are about 3000 sisters engaged in evangelization through Education - Health -Social and Pastoral ministries.
In India
| YEAR | PLACE | NO.OF HOUSES |
|---|---|---|
| 1827 | Pondicherry | 13 Houses |
| 1861 | West Bengal | 19 Houses |
| 1894 | Tamil Nadu | 39 Houses |
| 1948 | Karnataka | 11 Houses |
| 1963 | Goa | 4 Houses |
| 1971 | Kerala | 3 Houses |
| 1973 | Sikkim | 4 Houses |
| 1975 | Jharkhand | 2 Houses |
| 1982 | Andhra Pradesh | 7 Houses |
| 1988 | Bihar | 1 House |
| 1990 | Delhi | 1 House |
| 1997 | Assam | 1 House |
| 1988 | Nepal | 3 Houses |
| 1994 | Phillipines | 2 Houses |
In World
| S.NO | COUNTRY | NO.OF HOUSES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Europe | 94 Houses |
| 2 | Africa | 68 Houses |
| 3 | Oceania | 24 Houses |
| 4 | India | 110 Houses |
Cluny In Katpadi
Cluny Matric. Hr. Sec. School, Katpadi came into existence in the year 1979, It is run by the Bangalore branch of the sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny
The vision of education goes far beyond the achievement of academic excellence. The aim of the institution is to impart all round education to the pupils. Importance is given to the development of sound training and discipline. Pupils of all religious persuasions, without any interference with their respective creeds, are admitted to the school.
Efforts are made to awaken in the students sincere concern and love for the poor and the underprivileged. They are also motivated to cherish the rich cultural heritage of our motherland.
Being a minority institution, our education is aimed at the moral and spiritual growth of our students.
Our Founder
Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey, our foundress was born in a remote village in Burgundy, France, on 10th November 1779. She grew up to be a lively youngster, by refusing a proposal, she cleared her intentions to consecrating herself to God. During the revolution against the church in France, her courage, intelligence and initiatives saved lives of many outlawed priests. She was the first white to set foot on African soil, travelling through dense forest to free thousands of slaves. In South America she helped the lepers to move their colony near the sea where the salt water burnt their wound to a river side where she installed a dispensary for dressing their wounds regularly. In France her attention drew to the lunatics who were neglected, she introduced the occupational therapy something unknown during that time. Soon it became one of the most up-to-date psychiatric units in France.
Long years of toil and above all work in various parts of the globe was taking toll of her once-robust body, Anne Marie had the happiness of helping people in five continents. She gave back her beautiful soul to God on the 15th July, 1851.
Blessed Anne Marie's Vision on Education:
"I have promised God to give myself wholly to the service of the sick and the instruction of little children", she wrote in one of her letters to her father. Her programme of education gives us a keen insight into how she envisions a human being. She believed that all people are equal and have a right to human and spiritual formation and that education consists in helping a person "to be more" rather than in helping him/her "to have more". And she says, "It is not sufficient to have taught them how to work and satisfy these purely material needs, they must also know how live with others and themselves and to realize what they owe to God and their brethren". This prefigures what "vatll" would say about education. "A true education aims at the formation of the human person in the pursuit of his ultimate end of the good of societies"
Life at Cluny Matric
