Agnes sisters

The Agnes Sisters , the official name of the Sisters 'Association of St. Agnes , was a Roman Catholic sisters' association founded in 1919 by Berta Heiss in Vienna .

The women of the association were not religious, they wore simple costumes. You worked in the care of children and young people. The parent company was in Vienna. The community existed until 1990.

Berta Heiß (born January 13, 1875 in Vienna, † May 27, 1948 in Vienna) founded the Agness Sisters together with the priest Karl Handloss.

Sources and web links

• Entry on Sisters of Agness in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Entry on Berta Heiß in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )