School Sisters of the 3rd Order of St. Francis

The School Sisters of the 3rd Order of St. Francis or Hallein School Sisters today Hallein Sisters Franciscan Sisters ( order abbreviation : HSF ) are a Roman Catholic women's order that began in Austria . The main task of the community is the education of girls . There are several branches of this congregation today.

history

In 1723, Theresia Zechner started looking after disadvantaged daughters of the salt works in Hallein near Salzburg . Together with some like-minded people she joined the Third Order of St. Francis and from then on was called Sister Hyacintha. In 1796, the Potschacherhaus in Hallein was purchased as the mother house, which today houses a home economics school. In 1823 the community received episcopal recognition. The small community today has certain problems with aging. It has a good 70 sisters in Austria and around 40 more in South America.

Branches of the congregation

By subordinating the branches to the respective local bishop, the community split into several separate congregations:

• The Hallein Sisters Franciscan Sisters (Hallein School Sisters). is the home community. In 1948 the parent company moved to the Emsburg in Salzburg on Hellbrunner Allee. In 2013, the parent company moved to the new building at Kahlsperg Castle , which was built by Heinz Tesar . The sisters work in hospitals, retirement homes, kindergartens and vocational schools in and around Hallein and Salzburg. In addition to her work in Austria, there are branches in Bolivia and Argentina . The following works belong to the community:
  • Senior citizens' residence Kahlsperg in Oberalm (mother house)
  • Hallein Fashion School (HLM Hallein), founded in 1927 as a 2-year trade school
  • Housekeeping School Hallein (HLW Hallein, in the old mother house), founded in 1839, the oldest housekeeping school in Austria
  • Branch in Stethaimerstraße (not far from the parish church in Herrnau ), place of silence

• The Erdberger school sisters. in Vienna - Erdberg separated in 1845, they emerged from a branch which, at the suggestion of the Empress, looked after the daughters of the soldiers stationed there. Another convent is located in Seebenstein . From the 1930s on, sisters emigrated to Texas and Argentina , where they founded schools, old people's homes and a hospital.

• The Amstetten school sisters. were founded in Vienna in 1853 and are now active in 10 branches in the diocese of St. Pölten . From 1855 to 1938, its parent company was Judenau near Tulln , and since 1938 it has been in Amstetten .

literature

• Congregation of the School Sisters of the 3rd Order of St. Franziskus (Ed.): Theresia Zechner - mother Maria Hyazintha, 1723 Hallein - 1845 Vienna-Erdberg. Lived Christianity - the answer to the needs of the times . 5th edition. Self-published, Vienna 2012 ( web document , pdf)

Web links

Commons : Halleiner School Sisters  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Hallein sisters
• Erdberger school sisters
• Amstetten school sisters

proof

• Hallein Sisters Franciscan Sisters . In: Presentation for the cultural goods of the orders of the Superior Conference of the male religious orders of Austria and the union of the women's orders of Austria

1. ↑ Where are the sisters' offspring? Co-sisters welcome: The youngest Hallein Franciscan sister is 50 , Theresa Kaserer, mein district.at → Puch bei Hallein → Chronicle
2. ↑ ^{a b} Sisters move out of the Emsburg . on: salzburg.orf.at , June 8, 2012.
3. ↑ Sisters have a new roof over their heads , Theresa Kaserer, mein district.at → Puch bei Hallein → Chronik
4. ↑ ^{a b} New Generalate House of the Hallein Sisters opened in Oberalm. In: Religious Orders Austria. May 24, 2013, accessed February 8, 2014 . 
5. ↑ school history , modeschule-hallein.at
6. ↑ CPR Hallein