Coffee-Tea Mug - Fr. Andre’ Coindre by L. Williams

The era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire had ended in 1815, with the Church humbled by years of persecution. Ordained in 1812, André Coindre was one of a new generation of Catholic clergy committed to the revival of the Church and its mission to the poor. As a chaplain in the squalid prisons of Lyon, Fr. André realized that juvenile delinquents had little hope of rehabilitation. He established a haven in which young offenders were provided vocational training and Christian formation. In 1821 Fr.