Who started the Society of St. Peter Apostle?
In 1889, the French missionary bishop of Nagazaki, Japan, wrote to Stephanie Bigard and her daughter Jeanne of Caen, France, asking for financial help so that he could keep his seminary open. The Bigards gathered a small group of friends and acquaintances and collected the necessary funds for the bishop. Within five years of sending its first donation to Japan, the group was also helping seminaries in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Korea and China.
