Augustinian Missionary Sisters

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Coat of arms of the Augustinian Order ( Venice , 1777)

The Augustinian Missionary Sisters ( es : Hermanas Agustinas Misioneras , abbreviation : AM) are a Roman Catholic congregation of missionary sisters founded in Spain in 1890 . They are an institute under papal law .

history

The Spanish Augustinians (order abbreviation: OSA) intended to intensify missionary work in the Philippines around 1890 . In Barcelona the third order of the Augustinian family discussed the establishment of a missionary religious community. The three founding sisters Querubina Samarra , Mónica Mujal and Clara Canto formed the first cell of a new branch of the order that considered mission as the focus of its work. On April 27, 1890, the three Augustinian sisters received the blessing and on May 6, 1890, the archbishop's approval from Archbishop Ciriaco Sancha y Hervás of Madrid . On October 26, 1892, the women's order was given the official designation of an order of St. Augustine and on August 28, 1962, Pope John XXIII. (1958–1963) his approval.

Assignments and dissemination

The Augustinian Missionary Sisters, as they were now called, are involved in the missionary work and work in educational centers , health facilities, student dormitories , emergency accommodation in social institutions and in socially disadvantaged areas in the mission countries. Today the Mission Order maintains facilities in Algeria , Argentina , Brazil , Chile , People's Republic of China , Colombia , Dominican Republic , Equatorial Guinea , India , Italy , Kenya , Mozambique , Peru , Spain , Taiwan and Tanzania .

The seat of the Generalate is in Rome , from here 74 religious institutions are administered and almost 500 members of the order are looked after worldwide.

The congregation has two blessed who are among the martyrs of Algeria , Esther Paniagua Alonso (born 1949) and Caridad Álvarez Martín (born 1933), who were murdered on October 23, 1994 in Bab El Oued in Algiers by the Islamic Armed Group were. .

The founders of the order

The three founders were Augustinians in the Third Order and had different character traits. Clara Canto (born November 11, 1843, † October 27, 1907) was intuitive and reflective. Mónica Mujal (born October 5, 1854, † June 5, 1906) was a successful teacher and Qurubina Samarra (born July 27, 1860, † October 26, 1934) was a spiritual woman. The three sisters harmonized with each other and formed an ideal community of missionary sisters.

Web links

Commons : Augustine  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Today's variant of the coat of arms [1]
  2. ^ Vatican News