Little Sisters of Assumptio

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The Little Sisters of Assumptio (also: Little Sisters of the Assumption , French: Petites Soeurs de l'Assomption , Spanish: Hermanitas de la Asunción , English: Little sisters of the Assumption , Portuguese: Irmãzinhas da Assunção , Italian: Piccole suore dell ' Assunzione ) are a women's congregation founded by Étienne Pernet and Antoinette Fage in Paris in 1865 , which are dedicated to the service of free, mostly domestic, nursing worldwide. Order abbreviation: PSA

history

The Little Sisters of the Assumption of Mary came into being in Paris in 1865 through the collaboration of the Assumptionist Étienne Pernet and the Dominican of the Third Order Antoinette Fage. They met for the first time in 1864 at the age of forty and were to nurture a close fraternal and spiritual relationship for twenty years until Antoinette's death. Both had a lot of experience with the misery of many working-class families in what was then Paris and therefore founded a community of sisters together in Rue Saint Dominique No. 233 (from 1870 Rue Violet No. 57) which, with eight members, cared for the poor at home in extreme poverty tackled. The basic principle was: Help the poor in their own poverty. Forerunners were the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor by Jeanne Jugan and the Sisters of Charity by Rosalie Rendu .

The community, which stood the test of time during the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune , was officially incorporated into the Assumptionist Order in 1873 , wore a religious habit from 1874 and was officially recognized by the diocese in 1875. Numerous subsidiaries were founded in France and also in England, Ireland and the United States. In 1896 the Little Sisters of the Assumptio had four hundred members. In 1897 it was officially approved by the Holy See, as were its statutes in 1901. Today almost 600 sisters work in many parts of the world (but not in German-speaking countries). The beatification processes of both founders have been initiated.

Superior General

  • 1865–1883: Marie de Jésus, Antoinette Fage (1824–1883)
  • 1883–1922: Marie du Saint-Sacrement, Eugénie Jacobs (1853–1922)
  • 1922–1946: Marie-Germaine de Jésus, Catherine Friedel (1867–1950)
  • 1946–1968: Marie Sainte-Élisabeth, Élisabeth Barbe (1890–1979)
  • 1968–1981: Marie-Madeleine Godelieve, Marie-Madeleine Termont (1920–2009)
  • 1981–1987: Maria Teresa de l'Eucharistie, Shirley Dick (1929–2012)
  • 1987–1999: Celine Heon (* 1935)
  • 1999–2011: Mercedes Martinez (* 1942)
  • 2011–2022: Marie-Françoise Phelippeau

literature

  • Raymond Courcy: Vie religieuse et monde moderne. Les Petites soeurs de l'Assomption au Canada . Maison des sciences de l'Homme d'Aquitaine, Talence 1990.
  • Raymond Courcy: La passion du Règne de Dieu. L'adaptation permanente du charisme des Petites soeurs de l'Assomption . Ed. du Cerf, Paris 1997.
  • Dix ans d'expérience missionnaire en milieu ouvrier. Témoignages . Fleurus, Paris 1964.
  • Geneviève Duhamelet: Les petites soeurs de l'Assomption . Editions Bernard Grasset, Paris 1932.
  • Une famille aux dimensions du monde. Les Petites soeurs de l'Assomption . Petites soeurs de l'Assomption, Paris 1998.
  • Mère Marie du Saint-Sacrement . Ed. Saint-Paul, Paris 1947.
  • Règle de vie. Constitutions et normes complémentaires . Petites soeurs de l'Assomption, Paris 1984.
  • Agnès Richomme: Étienne Pernet et les Petites Soeurs de l'Assomption . Ed. Fleurus, Paris 1990.
  • Risquer l'Évangile avec les Petites soeurs de l'Assomption . Ed. Fleurus, Paris 1991.
  • Par une route merveilleuse. 1865-1965. Centenaire des Petites soeurs de l'Assomption . Petites soeurs de l'Assomption, Paris 1965.
  • Pierre Touveneraud: Origines des familles religieuses de l'Assomption. Religieuses de l'Assomption, religieux de l'Assomption, oblates de l'Assomption, petites soeurs de l'Assomption, orantes de l'Assomption . Padri Assunzionisti, Rome 1972.

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