Abbreviation | LSJ (Post-nominal initials) |
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Established | 1939 |
Founder | Madeleine Hutin |
Founded at | Touggort, French Algeria |
Type | Centralized Religious Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right (for Women) |
Purpose | To be Sister to the People of God especially the poor and the least considered in the Society |
Headquarters | Generalate Tre Fontane, Rome |
Region served | 70 countries in Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania |
Members (2000) | 1400 |
Mother General | Sr. Maria Chiara Ferrari, LSJ |
Motto | Jesus Caritas Latin, Jesus is love English |
Affiliations | Roman Catholic Church |
The Little Sisters of Jesus are a community of Catholic religious sisters. Inspired by the life and writings of Charles de Foucauld, they were founded by Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus (Madeleine Hutin).