Honoré Laval [SEP] religious order
Honoré Laval
Honoré Laval, SS.CC., (born "Louis-Jacques Laval"; 5/6 February 1808 – 1 November 1880) was a French Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (also known as the Picpus Fathers), a religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church, who evangelized the Gambier Islands.
Life.
Louis-Jacques Laval was born 6 January 6, 1807, in the small hamlet of Joimpy, Saint-Léger-des-Aubées in Eure-et
Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Other churches founded by the institute include Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo and Maria Lanakila Catholic Church on Maui. Sacred Hearts Academy (K-12, girls) and St. Patrick's School (elementary, co-ed) in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kaimuki were both founded by the order.
Notable members.
- Peter Coudrin
- Saint Damien de Veuster
- Blessed Eustaquio van Lieshout
- Henri Systermans
- Joseph Hendricks
- Honoré Laval
- François Caret
- Étienne Jérôme