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The college was intended for Lithuanian students, but as the number of Lithuanians dwindled, it also accepted clerics from other countries, mainly South America. Soviet authorities allowed a selected few Lithuanians – some of them working for the KGB – through the Iron Curtain to study at the college. [4] A group of 20 students arrived in 1991.
The women's congregation Sisters of Saint Casimir was established in 1908 by Maria Kaupas and is active in the United States. In 1945, the College of Saint Casimir was established in Rome to educate Lithuanian priests who fled west after World War II. [35] Fresco of Saint Casimir in the Santuario della Mentorella , painted in the 19th century
During the first three years of study, seminarians study for a Bachelor of Sacred Theology/S.T.B.) degree at either the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), or the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Santa Croce). In most of the courses the lecture system is followed.
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Blessed Mary Angela, foundress of the Felician sisters Chapel (1936) of the Felician sisters in Livonia, Michigan. The Felician Sisters, in full Congregation of Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisi (abbreviated CSSF), is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of and live in common.
The Sisters of Saint Casimir are a Roman Catholic religious community of women founded in 1907 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, by Mother Maria Kaupas. It is dedicated to Saint Casimir , patron saint of Lithuania.
The Society of Saint Casimir (Lithuanian: Šv. Kazimiero draugija ) was a Lithuanian society that published Lithuanian-language books and periodicals, many on Roman Catholic church and faith.
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