Anne-Marie Javouhey Memorial Days ... 25 - 26 and 27 June 2021
The Mayors of the communities of Jallanges, Seurre, Chamblanc, Mana
The President of the Community of the Municipalities of Rives de Saone
The members of the Association "On the road to freedom from Chamblanc to Mana"
The National Association for the Abolition of Slavery
The President of the Community of the Municipalities of Rives de Saone
The members of the Association "On the road to freedom from Chamblanc to Mana"
The National Association for the Abolition of Slavery
and
The sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph of Cluny
invite you to the Anne-Marie Javouhey Memorial Days on 25-26 and 27 June 2021!
This is an event in memory of Anne-Marie Javouhey, founder of the Congregation of Saint-Joseph of Cluny and of the village of Mana in French Guiana, which she built with 500 African men and women, victims of the clandestine slave trade, a village that challenged the colonial and slavery system, but also the French society of her time.
These events are taking place on the occasion of:
- the 70th anniversary of her beatification (15 October 1950) in Rome
- the 170th anniversary of her death (15 July 1851) in Paris
- the bicentenary of the discovery of the future site of Mana.
On the programme:
- Jallanges memory forest
- Anne-Marie Javouhey’s family home in Chamblanc
- Conference by Pascale Cornuel (Author: La Sainte Entreprise - Vie et Voyages d’Anne-Marie Javouhey)
- Guided tour: In the footsteps of Anne-Marie Javouhey, with Michel Javouhey
- Chamblanc memory forest
- Church of Seurre
Photos of the event will be published here on the website.
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