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The Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver are a Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to serving the spiritual and social needs of the poor around the world, particularly in Africa. [1] They were founded in Austria by Mary Theresa Ledóchowska [ 2 ] and received their first official apporbation in 1893. [ 3 ]
The Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver are a religious congregation of women dedicated to serving the spiritual and social needs of the poor around the world, particularly in Africa. They were founded in Austria by the Blessed Mary Theresa Ledóchowska in 1894.
Mary Theresa was the eldest of seven children. Members of the Polish nobility, she and her siblings – including Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, and St. Ursula Ledóchowska – were born in Loosdorf, the Lower Austrian estate that belonged to their parents, Count Antoni Halka-Ledóchowski and Countess Josephine Salis-Zizers.
Our Lady of Good Counsel is the Patroness of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver, [2] the National Council of Catholic Women, and of the Catholic Women's League of Canada. The "Midwest Augustinians" headquartered in Chicago have also adopted Our Lady of Good Counsel as their patroness, having named their Augustinian jurisdiction as the ...
Missionary Fathers of Our Lady of Deliverance; Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa; Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles; Missionary Sisters of St. Columban; Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver; Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary; Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of ...
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles; Missionary Sisters of St. Columban; Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver; Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary; Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God; Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
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Ven. Luisa Marcelina de San Jose Aveledo y Aveledo (1874–1959), foundress, Sisters of the Poor of Saint Peter Claver (Colombia and Venezuela) Declared Venerable: 20 December 2012 Ven. Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño (1874–1964), founderess, Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculata (Ecuador)