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William Joseph Chaminade
French Catholic priest (–)
Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, SM (also known as William Joseph Chaminade;Périgueux, 8 April – Bordeaux, 22 January ) was a French Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution and later founded the Society of Mary, usually called the Marianists, in He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 3 September His feast day is celebrated on 22 January.[1]
The Marianist Family's other three branches — the religious sisters known as the Daughters of Mary Immaculate, the married and single men and women of the Marianist Lay Communities, and the consecrated laywomen of the Alliance Mariale — also look to Chaminade as a founder or inspiration.
Early life
Chaminade was born in in Périgueux to Catherine Bethon and Blaise Chaminade, in the former province of Périgord, now the Department of Dordogne.[2] He was the 14th child of deeply religious parents.
Three of his brothers became priests. Feel