Brothers of Christian Instruction of St. Gabriel

found: L'ancien juvénat Saint-Gabriel de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, 1990:leaf 8 (Frères de Saint-Gabriel)

found: New Catholic encycl., 1967:v. 2, p. 822 (Brothers of Christian Instruction of St. Gabriel, or Brothers of St. Gabriel (Institutum Fratrum Instructionis Christianae a Sancto Gabriel) religious congregation estab. in France and devoted to education; spread to Canada 1888 and then elsewhere)

found: Frères de Saint-Gabriel website, viewed Feb. 14, 2018:Historique (les Frères montfortains de Saint-Gabriel, also called more simply Frères de Saint-Gabriel; originally attached to saint Louis-Marie de Montfort (1673-1716), as the Compagnie de Marie or Communautée du Saint-Esprit; the first brothers were the four who spoke their vows in June 1715; the order grew under the leadership of père Gabriel Deshayes (1767-1841), who entered the Compagnie de Marie at age 53; the congregation became independent from Compagnie de Marie in 1842) La congrégation des Frères de Saint-Gabriel (present in over 30 countries today; they mostly teach children and youth; have continued a focus begun under Gabriel Deshayes on those handicapped by blindness and deafness) address (Nantes)