Franciscan Servants of Jesus
The Franciscan Servants of Jesus was a Roman Catholic, Franciscan religious congregation for women religious. The congregation was founded in 1997 with the approval of Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, while he was the Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse. The motherhouse was located in Prescott, Wisconsin.
However, controversy arose over the foundress of the congregation, Sister Julie Green, F.S.J., due to her alleged condition of being a transsexual.[1] The congregation was suppressed by Bishop Burke in 2003 before his departure to head the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis, and it is no longer in existence.
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- Catholic Church in Wisconsin
- Catholic female orders and societies
- Congregations of Franciscan sisters
- Pierce County, Wisconsin
- Christian organizations established in 1997
- 2003 disestablishments in Wisconsin
- Catholic religious institutes established in the 20th century
- 1997 establishments in Wisconsin
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