Dominicans

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The Dominican Sisters , abbreviation OP, Latin Ordo Praedicatorum (like the Dominicans , the male branch) are a religious community in the Roman Catholic Church , which started with the foundation of St. Dominic began in 1205. The Dominicans are designated as the first order, the cloistered nuns as the second order, and the communities of Dominican Sisters who formed active congregations as the third order .

history

Even before the Dominican Order was recognized, St. Dominikus 1205 a women's convent in Prouille in southern France. The task of the nuns was to educate the young girls in the area in the faith. Soon they had to forego classes for financial reasons and became a purely contemplative community. Dominican women usually wear a white habit with a white scapular , the sisters with solemn profession a black veil.

In Germany there were 40 Dominican monasteries in 1277. Several convents in southern Germany and Switzerland, in particular the Engelthal , Töss and Oetenbach monasteries , became the heyday of mysticism around this time , which in the first half of the 14th century also led to lively literary activity: in “revelations” like those of Christine Ebner or Elsbeth from Oye and in the so-called sister books found this to its expression. The nuns were in close discourse with Dominicans such as Meister Eckhart , Johannes Tauler and Heinrich Seuse . In the monastery reform of the 15th century, monasteries such as Schönensteinbach and the Katharinenkloster Nuremberg were of great importance, not least due to the establishment and maintenance of rich libraries.

After many monasteries had already come to an end in the Reformation of the 16th century, others were finally secularized or had to take on charitable tasks in the 18th and 19th centuries. They then often joined the third order.

Monasteries

The second order has about 3,000 sisters around the world, and the Dominican congregations more than 30,000. In the course of history, many monasteries optionally joined the second or third order.

Second Order Monasteries

Third Order Monasteries

Former monasteries

Congregations of the Third Order

Dominican Missionaries

  • Dominican Missionaries of St. Catherine of Siena in Neustadt / Main
  • Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Schlehdorf am Kochelsee
  • Dominican Missionaries of St. Heart of Jesus in Strahlfeld (Upper Palatinate)
  • Congregation of the Queen of St. Rosary in Altenhohenau am Inn
  • Ilanz Dominicans
  • Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary
  • Dominican Sisters of Adrian
  • Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt
  • Dominican Sisters of Cabra
  • Dominican Sisters of Caldwell
  • Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands
  • Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne
  • Dominican Sisters of Hope
  • Dominican Sisters of Houston
  • Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose
  • Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine de 'Ricci
  • Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia
  • Dominican Sisters Congregation of St. Mary, New Orleans
  • Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
  • Dominican Sisters of Sparkill
  • Dominican Sisters of the Presentation
  • Oakford Dominican Sisters
  • Racine Dominicans
  • Sisters of Saint Dominic of Amityville, New York
  • Sisters of St. Dominic of the Most Holy Name
  • Vietnamese Dominican Sisters

Holy and Blessed Dominicans

  • Catherine of Siena , religious, mystic, doctor of the church (* March 25, 1347 Siena, † April 29, 1380 Rome)
  • Katharina de'Ricci , prioress in Prato, mystic (born April 25, 1522 Florence, † February 2, 1590 Prato)
  • Villana de 'Botti, tertiary, mystic (* 1332 in Florence, † January 29, 1361 Florence)
  • Agnes von Montepulciano , abbess in Montepulciano (* around 1268 in Gracciano-Abbadia near Montepulciano, † April 20, 1317 in Montepulciano)
  • Margaret of Hungary , nun (* 1242 Klis near Split, † January 18, 1270 Budapest)
  • Rosa von Lima , terziarin, mystic (born April 20, 1586 in Lima, † August 24, 1617 Lima)
  • Osanna von Kotor, reclusin, mystic (born November 25, 1493 Relezi, † April 27, 1565 Kotor)
  • Stephana Quinzani , nun, mystic (* 1457 Orzinuovi near Brescia, † 1530 Soncino near Crema)
  • Klara Gambacorti, prioress in Pisa (* 1362 Florence, † April 17, 1419 Pisa)
  • Sibyllina Biscossi , tertiary, reclusin (* 1287 Pavia, † March 19, 1367 Pavia)
  • Marie Poussepin , founder of the order (born October 14, 1653 Dourdan, † January 24, 1744 Sainville)
  • Maria Anna of Jesus de Paredes Flores y Jaramillo, terziarin, mystic (born October 31, 1618 Quito, † May 26, 1645 Quito)
  • Imelda Lambertini, student (* 1321 Bologna, † May 12, 1333 Valle di Preda)
  • Agnes von Langeac , prioress in Langeac (born November 17, 1602 Puy-en-Velay, † October 19, 1634 Langeac)
  • Columba von Rieti, prioress in Perugia, mystic (* February 2, 1467 Rieti, † May 20, 1501 Perugia)
  • Margaret of Città di Castello, Terziarin (* 1287 Mercatello Sul Metauro, † April 13, 1320 Città di Castello)
  • Maria Mancini, widow, Terziarin (* 1350 Pisa, † January 22, 1431 Pisa)
  • Margaret of Savoy, Margravine, Abbess (* 1382 (or 1390) Pinerolo, † November 23, 1464 Alba near Cuneo)
  • Ingrid Elovsdotter , founder of the monastery, prioress (* 1235 Skänninge, † September 2, 1282 Skänninge)
  • Cäcilia Romana, nun (* 1203 Rome, † August 4, 1290 Bologna)
  • Emilia Bicchieri , nun, founder of a monastery, mystic (* 1238 Vercelli, † May 3, 1314 Vercelli)
  • Osanna of Mantua, religious, mystic (born January 17, 1449 Mantua, † June 18, 1505 Mantua)
  • Lucia Broccadelli of Narni, nun (* December 13, 1476 Narni, † November 15, 1544 Ferrara)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Croatia: Dominicans celebrate General Chapter in Trogir , Vatican Radio , August 4, 2013
  2. ^ Convent of St. Catherine of Siena
  3. ^ Franz Haug, Johann Adam Kraus: Documents from the Dominican monastery Stetten i. Gnadental near Hechingen 1261–1802 according to their owner . Acker, Gammertingen 1955 ( worldcat.org [accessed March 7, 2018]).