The Sisters of Finding Jesus in the Temple are a Catholic religious order popularly known as Blue nuns due to the colour of their habit. It was the name of a pre-Reformation Catholic order founded in London at the time of the crusades by an unknown dean. Their chief work is education.[1] They also support care for the elderly and Catholic missions abroad.[2]
A new order was founded in England in 1860 by Cardinal Wiseman and it subsequently spread to France. In England a center of their work was the Diocese of Clifton which they left in 2010.[3] As of 2019, they still operated as a registered charity in England and Wales.[4]
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- ^ Steele, Francesca. "Sisters of the Temple." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 28 February 2019
- ^ "Congregation of Finding Jesus in the Temple". opencharities.org. Open Charities. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ http://archive.cliftondiocese.com/thanks-sisters-of-the-temple
- ^ "Congregation Of The Sisters Of The Finding Of Jesus In The Temple". charitycommission.gov.uk. Registered charities in England and Wales. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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