Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence

Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence
Streetview of the Mainz mother house
Courtview of the Mainz mother house

The Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence (Latin: Congregatio Divinae Providentiae) is a Catholic religious order that was founded in 1851 in Germany by Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Bishop of Mainz, and Stephanie Amelia Starkenfels de la Roche, a French noblewoman.

The Congregation has three provinces: Germany, America-Caribbean, and Korea. The Congregation also includes Peru, which is not a province, but a region. It is an international community of 750 vowed members and 300 associates.

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History

In 1876, the original motherhouse in Mainz, Germany, sent six sisters to the United States to begin a new foundation. These sisters settled in Pittsburgh, PA.[1]

In 2001, the three American provinces--Kingston, MA, Pittsburgh, PA, and St. Louis, MO--together with the region of Puerto Rico and the mission of Santo Domingo, became one American-Caribbean province, the Marie de la Roche Province.[2]

Literature

  • Preller, Karl Philipp (1951). 100 Jahre Mainzer Schwestern von der göttlichen Vorsehung (1851-1951): Ein Ketteler-Werk u. Denkmal. Mainz: Schwestern von d. Göttl. Vorsehung. OCLC 73646785.  (German)

See also

References

  1. ^ Sisters of Divine Providence (2001). "150 Years". timeline from 1851-2001 with highlights related to the Sisters of Divine Providence in North America. 
  2. ^ Sisters of Divine Providence (2001). "150 Years". timeline from 1851-2001 with highlights related to the Sisters of Divine Providence in North America. 

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