The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in Ghent, Belgium.

[1] The Superior General of the order is Sr. Lucy Jacob Palliampallithara, who is based in the global headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Canon Peter Joseph Triest, the pastor of Lovendegem at that time.

Triest, who was to found two other religious institutes for the relief of the poor, recruited a group of young women, from among whom the co-foundress Mother Placida van der Gauwen came.

[5] From this congregation came Marie Louise Habets (Sister Xaverine), who served as the basis for Sister Luke / Gabrielle Van der Mal, the protagonist of the 1956 Kathryn Hulme novel The Nun's Story.