From the beginning (fraternities)

In the context of the 19th century, marked by the growth of industrialisation, Etienne Pernet saw the special place the family had in society and in God’s plan. 
This perception, which he shared with Antoinette Fage, had its roots in their personal history, in the situation of the workers of the time and in their grasp of the inexpressible tenderness of God for those who are ’unimportant’. In reconstituting the family, in creating the Fraternities, they wished to ’refashion a people for God’. 

  • Fraternities of Assumption : a little bit of history

    Le 12/04/2011 - From the beginning (fraternities)

    One day a Little Sister, Mother Marie Emmanuel, who was responsible for the mission, spoke of the work in the families. ’We work there to the utmost of our abilities, but our (...)

  • The Fraternity Charter

    Le 12/04/2011 - From the beginning (fraternities)

    Today, like yesterday, the Fraternity is a place for listening and speaking that enables all, individually : to be welcomed as they are and to express themselves freely; (...)