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Mary Michael was Janssen's first Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration Superior of the convent in Steyl. The first convent abroad was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1915 by Mary Michael (Adolfine Tönnies) [3] (1862–1934), [4] upon the invitation of Edmond Francis Prendergast. Mary Michael grew the convents in many ...
A women's convent of pink brick, which came to be known as the Pink Convent, was built between 1857 and 1860. A male counterpart, the so-called Loretto Monastery, was built in 1862. [3] In 1865, the parish built a seminary and an orphanage and hospital, later converted to a convent. [4]
Today the congregation is active in more than 70 countries. The monastic family founded by Janssen in Steyl includes two congregations for women, one for missionary sisters (Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, SSpS, or "Blue Sisters") and one contemplative order (Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters, SSpSAP, or "Pink Sisters"). Two other ...
The Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, also known as Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, or simply Holy Spirit Sisters (Latin: Congregatio Missionalis Servarum Spiritus Sancti, SSpS) is a religious congregation within the Catholic Church. The group has 3,000 members in 46 different countries.
Pink Sisters' Convent. New Washington observes two annual fiestas as a town. One is a patronal fiesta in honor of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, which is held on the second Saturday of October and the other is a civic fiesta commemorating the heroes of Pacto de Sangre, which is held from March 1 to 3. The Pacto de Sangre, or blood compact ...
The sisters meet five times daily for the offices of Lauds (morning prayer) Terce (at about 9 a.m) Midday Prayer, Vespers (Evening prayer) and Vigils before retiring. The last office of the day, Vigils, combines both the elements of traditional Vigils, (night watching in the hope of the coming day) and Compline (thanking God for the day that ...
The Wisconsin Historical Society announced the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis Convent Complex as a historic place.
A Fitting Response: The History of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis (2 vol. 1992) Quinonez, Lora, and Mary Daniel Turner. The Transformation of American Catholic Sisters (1993) excerpt and text search; Schneider, Mary L. "American Sisters and the Roots of Change: the 1950s." US Catholic Historian (1988): 55-72. JSTOR ...