Bicentenary – Naples, Online Conference and Holy Mass

Bicentenary 2026

21 May 2026

for the feast of the Congregation, in the path of the Celebration of the Bicentenary of the death of St. Jeanne Antide, the following events have been organized.

Here you will find the link for the Zoom connection, but the recording of the Conference and the Eucharistic Celebration will be made available on the website of the Congregation, with the translation into the official languages.

Good Triduum!

Saturday, May 23, 2026, from Naples

Live via Zoom in Italian

At 9.00 a.m. (Rome time) Study conference (attached poster):

Saint Jeanne Antide Thouret

A female revolution in Naples in the early 1800s

At 6.00 p.m. (Rome time) solemn Eucharistic Celebration

presided over by H.E. Cardinal Domenico Battaglia

Archbishop of Naples

Connection via the Link:

Argomento: Bicentenario zoom

https://zoom.us/j/97235268150?pwd=9WTwDnBzeaQfc7NXsEscAea1hZY9bZ.1

ID riunione: 972 3526 8150

Codice d’accesso: 052504

ID riunione: 972 3526 8150

Codice d’accesso: 052504

THE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE aims to provide an in-depth reflection on the figure of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret and her social, religious and cultural impact in Naples during the French Decade and the Restoration, highlighting her pioneering role and her contribution to the development of new models of education and social care.

“Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret.

A Feminist Revolution in Early 19th-Century Naples”,

The proceedings will open with official addresses by Maria Rosa Muscarella, Superior General of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne Antide Thouret, and by Lisa Moutoumalaya, Consul General of France and representative of the Institut Français Grenoble.

The conference will be divided into two sessions.

The first session, coordinated by Renata De Lorenzo (Neapolitan Society of National History), will provide a historical and cultural overview of Naples between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Among the presentations: The Profile of Sister Giovanna Antida, a reading by Angelo Belgiovine on the nun’s profile, taken from a letter by Archbishop Mons. Domenico Narni Mancinelli; a paper by Anna Maria Rao (University of Naples Federico II) on the French Decade, entitled Beautiful only when viewed from afar; and a presentation by Adriana Valerio (Historian and Theologian) on Religious life between the Decade and the Restoration.

The second session, coordinated by Elisa Novi Chavarria (University of Molise), will explore Mother Thouret’s time in Naples and the educational and cultural context of the period. Speakers will include Sister Wandamaria Clerici (President of the OPCRC Foundation) on The Neapolitan Years of Giovanna Antida Thouret. From the Free County to the heart of a metropolis; Maria Rascaglia (National Library of Naples) on Education in Naples in the time of Giovanna Antida; and Maria Gabriella Mansi (National Library of Naples) on The image of Giovanna Antida in publications between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The conclusions will bring to a close a day of study intended not only as a commemorative event, but as an opportunity for a critical re-examination of the role of women in history and social transformation.

The conference is organised with the support of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Giovanna Antida Thouret and the Bicentenary Organising Committee.

The following have granted their patronage:

Municipality of Naples;
Archdiocese of Naples;
Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta – Grand Priory of Naples and Sicily;
University of Naples Federico II;
Department of Humanities;
Institut Français;
Neapolitan Society of National History.

Scientific Committee: