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OUR LADY OF REFUGE ~ OLR

CATHOLIC CHURCH & SCHOOL 

BRONX  NEW YORK

                
 

  REUNION - CLASS OF 1983 ... Contact Mike McGuire: gabt@optonline.net    

  REUNION - CLASS OF 1976 ... Contact Mona Eyckmans: mjeyckmans@ashland.com

ORIGIN OF THE TITLE OF OUR LADY OF REFUGE

The Institute of Our Lady of Charity was founded (1641) by [St. Jean] Eudes, at Caen, Normandy, under the title of Our Lady of Refuge. Moved by pity for abandoned women living a life of sin, Père Eudes at first attempted to unite the penitent among them and place them under the care of good and zealous women, but he soon became convinced that the only way of dealing with them was to found a congregation of holy women, who would bind themselves by vow to work for the reformation of these unfortunate ones. Three Visitation nuns came to his aid temporarily, and, in 1644, a house was opened at Caen under the title of Our Lady of Charity. Other ladies joined them, and, in 1651, the Bishop of Bayeux gave the institute his approbation. In 1664 a Bull of approbation was obtained from Alexander VII. That same year a house was opened at Rennes, and the institute began to spread. When the French Revolution broke out there were seven communities of the order in France. From this parent-tree of Our Lady of Charity sprang the Order of the Good Shepherd . (The Catholic Encyclopedia)

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By Subway - D or #4 train to Kingsbridge Road. Walk East on 196th Street across the Grand Concourse  to Briggs Avenue.

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By Bus - Liberty Lines Express Bus(4A or 4B), NYCTA Grand Concourse #1 or #2 Bus to East 196th Street. Walk East on 196th Street to Briggs Avenue.

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By Metro North - Fordham Road Stop. Walk West on Fordham Road to Bainbridge Avenue and North on Bainbridge Avenue to East 196th Street.

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By Car - Bronx River Parkway to Pelham Parkway/Fordham Road Westbound Exit. Continue West on Fordham Road past Fordham University and Webster Avenue to Bainbridge Avenue Avenue. Make a right on Bainbridge Avenue(2nd light after Webster Avenue) and continue North to second light, East 196th Street.  Major Deegan/NYS Thruway to the Fordham Road Eastbound Exit. Continue up Fordham Road and under the Jerome Avenue elevated subway, bear left at the fork after Modells (188th St. is on the right of the fork) and continue  across the Grand Concourse to Bainbridge Avenue (the first left after the little park past the GAP). Make a left on Bainbridge Avenue (third light after the Grand Concourse) and continue North to second light, East 196th Street.

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