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Maurice Maignen, (1822–1890), was a French Social Reformer and a Roman Catholic Religious Brother during the nineteenth century. He was the founder of the Catholic Circle of Montparnasse to prevent future tragedies from happening, like the Paris Commune. ==Biography== Maurice Maignen (Jules-Charles-Maurice Maignen) was born in Paris, on March 3, 1822, to Charles-Desire-Adelaide Maignen and Cecile-Josephine (née Chamigner), before the Revolution. He was baptized at Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois three days later.〔http://uiddkon.archive.org/stream/mauricemaignenle00maro#page/n9/mode/2up Maurice Maignene: The Social Apostolate (1895)〕 In 1818, his father, an artist, graduated from Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, before joining the Military House of the King, as a bodyguard. His father returned to painting only after two years of service. Maurice was schooled for only six years. At fifteen, he started working, to provide for his family because of his father's illness. He started working on the newly formed railroad, Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain, the predecessor to Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest, where he remained until 1843, before becoming a draftsman at the Ministry of War. He found, with Jean-Léon Le Prevost and Clement Myionnet, the Congregation of the Brothers of St. Vincent de Paul with the apostolate of education of the youth and evangelisation of the poor and workers. In 1855, at the age of 33, Brother Maurice created an "Association of Young Workers" and, in 1865, it evolved into the "Circle of Young Workers", better known as "Catholic Circle of Montparnasse".〔http://tuisp.online.fr/2004/2004_dumont.pdf Maurice Maignen et la contre-révolution, pensée et action d'un catholique social 1871–1890, Submission by Michèle Cointet, UFR Arts and Humanities Department of History University of Tours in 2004〕 In the winter of 1871, he met two officers, former prisoners of war, Albert de Mun and René de la Tour du Pin, who remained lifelong friends with him. Both Albert and René found the Society of Catholic Worker Circles, through the inspiration of Brother Maurice. Maurice Maignen died on December 7, 1890. He body was interred in the Chapel at the Montparnasse Circle and his heart was encased in a reliquary in the Motherhouse of his "Congregation of the Brothers of St. Vincent de Paul." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maurice Maignen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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