The FCJ Sisters would like to thank Bishop Terence Patrick, the priests and the many friends who braved the cold and sleet on Saturday 5th April to join with them in thanking God for the life and work of their Foundress, Marie Madeleine d’Houet.

Middlesbrough is very different today from the town the Sisters first knew when they lived in Cannon Street in 1872. But the faith hasn’t changed and while thanking God for the many generations of priests and people who have worked with us, we pray that through the intercession of Marie Madeleine, we all may continue to build up communities of faith and service in the Middlesbrough of the 21st century.

Almost 700 from across the Diocese including Bishop Terry, Mgr Dasey, VG, and 20 priests joined the FCJ communities from Middlesbrough and Hexham and Newcastle Dioceses at a Thanksgiving Mass in the Cathedral on 5th April to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the death of Venerable Marie Madeleine d’Houet who founded the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ) Order in 1820 in Paris. Read More

The Sisters, Faithful Companions of Jesus would like to invite young women interested in religious life to Stella Maris, Broadstairs, Kent on 23rd – 25th May 2008.

Jesus invites us to share his mission …
committed to him,
walking faithfully with him
making his mission our mission
sent to proclaim the Good News by our lives. Read More

Like many of the nineteenth century female Religious Orders, The Society of the Faithful Companions of Jesus had their beginnings in France in 1820, when they were founded by a young French widow, Marie, Madeleine Victoire, Vicomtesse de Bonnault d’Houet to work for the salvation of souls. Read More

The year 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Marie-Madeleine d’Houet. Readers may be tempted to say “Marie-Madeleine who?” It is likely, however, that bells will begin to ring for many people, some young, some not so young, because for the past 136 years the F.C.J. Sisters have been involved in education on Teesside and Marie-Madeleine was the Foundress of the Faithful Companions of Jesus or F.C.J.s for short. Read More

You are all invited - men and women, boys and girls, teachers and students who have known the F.C.J.s in parishes, schools and colleges - to a Concelebrated Mass of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Marie-Madeleine d’Houet at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough on Saturday 5th April at 12 noon. Read More

During 2008 the FCJ Sisters are celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the death of their Foundress Marie-Madeleine díHouet.

There will be a special Mass celebrated at Middlesbrough Cathedral on Saturday 5th April 2008 at 12 midday.

An open invitation is extended to all - friends, past and present staff of FCJ Schools, and indeed to anyone who would like to join in thanking God for the gift of Marie-Madeleine to the Church and to the world.

Further details in February Catholic Voice.