Fraternité Notre-Dame

Not to be confused with Notre-Dame de Chrétienté.
Fraternité Notre-Dame
Formation1977
FounderJean Marie Kozik
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois

Fraternité Notre-Dame is a traditionalist Catholic order of priests and nuns that is not in union with the Pope.

Origins

The origins of Fraternité Notre-Dame are in the reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Fréchou, France. They were allegedly received in 1977 by Jean Marie Kozik, a Frenchman of Polish origin. He had been consecrated as a bishop in 1974 by Jean Laborie, a controversial bishop, and then by the dissident and excommunicated Vietnamese Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục.[1][2]

Today

Fraternité Notre-Dame operates religious and humanitarian missions on four continents. The order operates soup kitchens and weekly food pantries in Paris, New York City, Ulan Bator, Chicago, and San Francisco.[3][4] Additionally, a hospital for the poor has been opened in Mongolia, and it has also operated humanitarian convoys to benefit those victimized by war in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Rwanda.[2]

Chicago

Since then Fraternité Notre-Dame nuns have become a fixture at numerous Chicago area farmer's markets selling traditional French pastries to raise funds for the group.[5]

References

  1. ^ Zeller, Benjamin E. (2020). "The Fraternité Notre Dame: From Emergence in Fréchou to Sojourn in Chicago". Numen. 67 (2/3): 191–225. ISSN 0029-5973. JSTOR 48594766.
  2. ^ a b "History of Fraternite Notre Dame". Fraternitenotredame.com. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  3. ^ "Self-Help Guru Tony Robbins Saves Small Soup Kitchen Run by 3 Nuns". 1 March 2016.
  4. ^ "SF nuns win new spot for soup kitchen in the Mission". SF Chronicle. Jan 2017.
  5. ^ Pierri, Vince. "Sales of French pastries aid nuns' mission work". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2010-05-19.