Sisters of Christian Charity

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The Sisters of Christian Charity (S.C.C.), officially called Sisters of Christian Charity, Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception,

Pauline von Mallinckrodt
. Their original mission was caring for impoverished and abandoned children, with a special emphasis on the blind. Today, they work in a variety of ministries.

History

Main article: Pauline Mallinckrodt

The institute had attained great success throughout Germany when, in 1873, its members were forced into exile by the persecution of the Kulturkampf. Some went to South America, others emigrated to New Orleans, United States, where, in April 1873, they founded a house and took charge of a parochial school. Mother Pauline followed shortly after and established a new provincial mother-house, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[2]

In 1887 the motherhouse, which had removed to Belgium, returned to Paderborn. The congregation was confirmed on 7 February 1888 by Pope Leo XIII.[2]

The Sisters opened houses in the Archdioceses of Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Newark, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Saint Paul, and in the Dioceses of Albany, Belleville, Brooklyn, Harrisburg, Paterson, Sioux City, and Syracuse.[2]

In 1927, the sisters purchased the

Georgian-style mansion.[3] That same year, the North American Province was divided into a North American Eastern Province and a North American Western Province. The motherhouse for the Eastern province is located in Mendham, New Jersey, and the motherhouse of the Western province was located in Wilmette, Illinois. The Eastern province had as its primary work that of Catholic education. During the 1950s and 1960s the Sisters added to their field of labor the care of the sick by establishing two hospitals in Pennsylvania.[4] They have since joined to form the North American Province, based in New Jersey. The generalate is in Rome.[1]

In 1975 a group of members separated and founded the Sisters of the Living Word.

Pauline von Mallinckrodt, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Rome on 14 April 1985.[4]

Apostolate

By 2010, Sisters of Christian Charity were present in Germany, Italy, the United States, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, and the Philippines. the Sisters work in a variety of ministries including education, healthcare, pastoral work, retreat and spiritual centers, and social work.[4]

The Sisters of Christian Charity sponsor

liberal arts. It is the last remaining sisters' college, or college primarily designed to educate nuns, in the United States.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Institute on Religious Life
  2. ^ a b c Rudge, F.M. "Sisters of Christian Charity." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 20 May 2019Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7524-0899-6
    .
  4. ^ a b c Sisters of Christian Charity, Eastern US
  5. ^ Assumption College for Sisters. Accessed June 4, 2018
  6. Daily Record (Morristown)
    , November 3, 2014. Accessed June 4, 2018.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sisters of Christian Charity". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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