Molière Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière (; ; 15 January 162217 February 1673), was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works includes comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language itself is often referred to as the "language of Molière". Born into a prosperous family and having studied at
Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d’Amerique sick, disability, and death funds for American French-speaking Catholics, the organization would also provide scholarships, civic education, and held cultural events including celebrations on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, parades, culinary and musical events, including French opera performances. Following a period of decline, the organization's mutual functions were merged with Catholic Financial Life in 1991. Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d’Amerique The Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique (USJB), also referred to by its member organizations as the Société de Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique ( "Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of America"), was a Franco-American benefit society first organized in 1899 when the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Holyoke invited several other so-named independent organizations to