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Excerpt from Life of Rev. Mother St. John Fontbonne: Foundress and First Superior-General of the Congregation of the Sister of St. Joseph in Lyons
Mother St. John as Superior at Monistrol. - Works undertaken by her. - Breaking out of the Revolution - Mgr: de Gallard refuses to take the oath, and is forced into exile. - Apostasy of the Cure of Monistrol'; his persecution of the Sisters - First attack on the Convent - Dispersion of the Sisters. - Second attack Mother St. John and the remaining Sisters take refuge in her father's house.
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