Karolina Gerhardinger

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Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II
Canonized17 May 1986
Feast9 May
AttributesReligious habit of the School Sisters
Patronage
  • Educators

Karolina Gerhardinger (20 June 1797 – 9 May 1879) (also known as Mother Maria Theresia of Jesus) was a

Roman Catholic religious sister who founded the School Sisters of Notre Dame.[1] Gerhardinger served as an educator in Bavaria until the establishment of her order, which provided free education to the poor and soon expanded in Europe.[2][3]

The

Venerable in 1983 and beatified her on 17 November 1985.[4]

Life

Gerhardinger was born in Bavaria on 20 June 1797 as the sole child of Willibard and Franziska Gerhardinger.[4]

As a young woman, her

religious life. Unable to pursue this religious calling, however, she taught at that school from 1816 until 1833.[3]

In 1828 the Bavarian government reached an accord with the Holy See, which allowed religious communities to re-establish themselves. Gerhardinger eventually decided to begin an order of her own, devoted to Christian education of poor children.[1] She took as her model the Constitutions of the Augustinian canonesses, but adapted to a more flexible way of life than that required by their enclosed life.[5]

Gerhardinger moved in with two companions to start living the religious life on 24 October 1833 – this saw the formal establishment of the Poor Teachers Sisters of Notre Dame, commonly called the

were starting new lives there
in great numbers, often without a command of English. The order received initial approval on 21 January 1854 and full approval from Pope Pius IX in 1865.[1] From 1850 the order spread to England and other European nations.[3]

Gerhardinger fell ill in 1877, which prompted Pope Pius to send her a telegram with his blessings. She died in 1879 in the presence of her religious sisters and the

papal nuncio, Cardinal Gaetano Aloisi Masella.[3] Her remains are housed in Saint James's Church in Munich.[6]

Beatification

Tomb

The informative process for the beatification cause commenced in 1929 that Cardinal

Congregation of Rites validated the previous two processes in Rome on 31 January 1952. The formal introduction of the cause came under Pope Pius XII on 11 July 1952, granting her the title of Servant of God.[7]

The

Venerable on 13 January 1983 after confirming her heroic virtue
.

The process for investigating a miracle attributed to her opened and concluded in the area that it originated in and received C.C.S. validation on 3 July 1983. The medical board approved the miracle on 8 November 1984, while consulting theologians also voiced approval to the miracle on 28 February 1985. The C.C.S. approved the miracle on 16 April 1985 while John Paul II granted final assent to the healing on 9 May 1985.

John Paul II beatified her on 17 November 1985.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Blessed Karolina Gerhardinger". Saints SQPN. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Blessed Mary Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger, Founder, Educator, and Innovator". Catholic Fire. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Blessed Maria Teresa of Jesus (Carolina Gerhardinger)". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Bl. Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger". Catholic Online. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  5. ^ Josephine, Sister Mary. "School Sisters of Notre Dame." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 2 March 2019
  6. ^ Genewein, Curt M., ed. (1989), Die Erzdiözese München und Freising (Booklet) (in German), Munich: Erzbischöfliches Ordinariat München, pp. 24–25
  7. ^ a b Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. p. 167.

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