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The Martyrs of Nowogródek, also known as the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek, the Eleven Nuns of Nowogródek or Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions, were a group of members of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a Polish Roman Catholic religious congregation, executed by the Gestapo in August 1943 in occupied Poland (present-day Novogrudok, Belarus).
The church was established at the site where, according to one tradition, the Annunciation took place. Another tradition, based on the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James, holds that this event commenced while Mary was drawing water from a local spring in Nazareth, and the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation was erected at that alternate site.
The Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth was founded in Rome, Italy in 1875 by Frances Siedliska, a Polish noblewoman. [2] From Rome, the Congregation spread quickly. In 1885, Mother Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd and eleven sisters journeyed to Chicago, Illinois, where they had been invited to minister to the needs of Polish immigrant ...
The first church was built, probably in the 4th century, at the site of a spring that was the village of Nazareth's only water supply. [10] Such natural sources of water were a vital part of every village, and the spring in Nazareth served as its local watering hole for approximately three thousand years. [8] [11]
The Piamartini, officially known as the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Blessed Father Piamarta (Italian: Congregazione della Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth del Beato Padre Piamarta; abbreviated FN) is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men.
It is named after the Holy Family of Jesus and is a part of the San Pedro Pastoral Region in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The church also contains a school, Our Lady of Fatima (OLF), named after one of Mary, mother of Jesus' titles. [1] As of 2014, it has over 15,000 active parish members [3] and 80% of the mass attendees are Filipino as of ...
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The church building, designed by architect Gabriel Geronzi, was constructed in two phases. Pope John Paul II blessed the cornerstone of the church on his visit to Finland in 1989. The first phase of the church building was completed in 1991. The second phase was completed in 2000. [1] The parish of the Holy Family of Nazareth was established in ...