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<!--CJM redirects here-->The '''Convent of Jesus and Mary''' ("CJM") is a network of [[Catholic School|Roman Catholic schools]] founded by the Congregation of the [[Religious of Jesus and Mary]]. The school network originating in east-central France in the 19th century has since its inception expanded to several countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America.<br />
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== Countries ==<br />
There are schools in Ireland, Spain, Italy, England, and Germany, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and Bolivia, Lebanon, Syria, [[Cameroon]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.<ref>[http://www.genrjm.org Congrégation des Religieuses de Jésus-Marie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808133354/http://www.genrjm.org/ |date=August 8, 2015 }} (Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary), genrjm.org, Retrieved 11 August 2015</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
[[Claudine Thévenet]] (1774–1837) (known as ''Mary of St. Ignatius'') founded the [[religious institute]] of the [[Religious of Jesus and Mary]], a [[Roman Catholic]] [[religious congregation]] of women dedicated to the education and service of the poor in [[Lyon]], France, on 5 October 1818.<br />
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== School Network ==<br />
Some of the CJM schools include:<br />
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'''India:'''<br />
* St. Patrick’s Junior College, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Agra (1842)<br />
* St. Anthony's Junior College, Agra (1945)<br />
* Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala (1909)<br />
* Convent of Jesus and Mary, Dehradun (1901)<br />
* Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi (1919)<br />
* Mount Mary Convent High School (1913)<br />
* [[Fort Convent School, Mumbai|Convent of Jesus and Mary, Mumbai]]; Fort Convent, Mumbai (1855)<br />
* [[St. Anne’s High School, Fort, Mumbai]] (1929)<br />
* [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Mussoorie]] (1845)<br />
* [[St. Anne's School (Pune)|St. Anne’s School, Camp, Pune]] (1860)<br />
* Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ranaghat (1996)<br />
* [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Chelsea, Shimla]] (1864)<br />
* Convent of Jesus and Mary School, Vadodara (1946)<br />
Colleges:<br />
*[[Jesus and Mary College]], New Delhi (1968)<br />
* [[St. Bede's College, Shimla]] (1904)<br />
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'''Ireland:'''<br />
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* [[Gortnor Abbey|Convent of Jesus and Mary, Gortnor Abbey, Co. Mayo]] (1912)<br />
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'''Pakistan:'''<br />
* [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Sialkot]] (1856)<br />
* [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Murree]] (1876)<br />
* [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore]] (1876)<br />
* [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Karachi]] (1957)<br />
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'''United Kingdom:'''<br />
* [[Thornton, Buckinghamshire|Convent of Jesus and Mary, Thornton College]], Thornton, Buckingham<br />
* [[Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College]], London<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Girls' schools in France]]<br />
[[Category:Catholic schools in India]]<br />
[[Category:Catholic schools in the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Catholic schools in the Republic of Ireland]]<br />
[[Category:Catholic schools in Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Schools in Lebanon]]</div>TeresaBrousseau