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'''Joan Bartlett''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (b. [[1 August]] [[1911]], [[London]] - d. [[9 September]] [[2002]]) was a prominent British Catholic and the founder of the [[Servite Order|Servite Secular Institute]] (SSI).

During [[World War II|WWII]] Joan Bartlett worked in the European Broadcasting division of the BBC and at night was a Commandant of the [[Red Cross]]. She converted from [[Anglicanism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]] in [[1941]]. She then became a Servite (Servant of Mary) Tertiary.

She opened a residential home for the elderly homeless, having been inspired by hearing [[Violet Markham]] speak at Caxton Hall about the plight of many elderly people who had been bombed out during [[The Blitz]].

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