Franciscan Sisters of Christian Love

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The parent company at Hartmanngasse 7-11
Detailed view of the gable at the motherhouse

The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Love ( Sigel : SFCC , Sorores Franciscanae a Caritate Christiana ), also called Hartmann Sisters , are a congregation of the Third Order of St. Francis .

history

The order was founded on May 10, 1857 in Vienna by the Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Joseph Othmar von Rauscher , where the motherhouse is still located at Hartmanngasse 7-11 ( 5th district ) to this day . It was founded in the former Wiedner Hospital with 95 sisters.

In 1861 the contract at the Wiedner Hospital was terminated, so the search for their own motherhouse began for 120 sisters . In 1865 this wish was fulfilled with the acquisition of two small houses in Hartmanngasse. In 1888 a new building for the motherhouse and hospital was started and completed with the blessing on September 17, 1890.

The reason for the foundation was the need for nurses with a Christian ideal of life. The community lives according to the rules of the monastic Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi and puts its life at the service of sick people. Superior General is Sister Hilda Daurer SFCC.

Branches

The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Love run institutions in Vienna, Lower Austria, Rome, Argentina and Paraguay.

  • Marienheim retirement home in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria
  • Hartmannspital , Vienna-Margareten
  • 2 nursing homes in Vienna, 13th district (Franziskusheim, Elisabethheim)

beatification

Sister Maria Restituta entered the Order at the age of 19 and became the senior surgical nurse. On March 30, 1943, she was executed by the National Socialists for "treasonous favoring the enemy and preparation for high treason". She defied the Nazi orders to remove crucifixes from the hospital rooms and had two texts critical of the regime typed out. On June 21, 1998 she was beatified on the occasion of a visit by Pope John Paul II to Vienna .

Individual evidence

  1. KNA Information Service, June 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Judgment of the VGH against Helene Kafka, religious name Restituta, for preparation for high treason, October 29, 1942 ( Memento of December 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Zeitgeschichte Information System
  3. ^ Joachim Schäfer: Maria Restituta (Helene) Kafka , Ecumenical Saint Lexicon
  4. ^ Sr. Maria Restituta: A Sister in the Resistance ( Memento from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance

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