Nurses from the Regulated Third Order of St. Francis

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The Nurses of the Regulated Third Order of St. Francis are a religious community within the regulated Third Order of St. Francis . It was founded on July 2, 1844 by Johann Christoph Bernsmeyer in Telgte and is also known as the Franciscan Sisters of Münster St. Mauritz or Mauritz Sisters for short .

history

The parent company was relocated from Telgte to St. Mauritz near Münster on October 19, 1853 . Since October 2, 1901, the religious community has been subject to papal law. In 1997 the St. Franziskus-Stiftung Münster was founded, into which the hospitals that had previously been run independently were incorporated. At the same time the Tauwerk eV association was established in Berlin, a hospice service especially for seriously ill and dying people with AIDS and their relatives.

The Franciscan Sisters of Münster St. Mauritz include religious provinces in currently five countries: In addition to a German, there are Polish, American, Japanese and Indian provinces with different numbers of convents, each under the direction of a provincial superior. Sister Margarete Ulager has been Superior General since 2018. The congregation has around 700 sisters around the world.

Superior General

  • Josephine Elkmann (1852–1866)
  • Bernhardine Wehage (1866-1897)
  • Cherubine Döring (1897–1921)
  • Pulcheria Braems (1921-1939)
  • Wistremunda Schemann (1939–1952)
  • Odilia Berkel (1952-1970)
  • Barthola Thoben (1970–1976)
  • Angela Schrudde (1976–1994)
  • Mary Ann Minor (1994-2006)
  • Sherrey Murphy (2006-2018)
  • Margarete Ulager (since 2018)

Convents

Germany

In Germany, a novice joined the order for the last time in 1990 . In 2020 there will be seven conventions in Germany - apart from the parent company :

Other countries

The order is divided into five provinces. In addition to the German province, these are:

  • the Polish Province (until 1945: Silesian Province, founded in 1848). It includes 11 conventions in Poland and two in Kazakhstan .
  • the American province founded in 1903 with headquarters in Springfield , Illinois.
  • the Japanese Province, a product of a mission established by the American Province in 1948. The Japanese province also has a branch in Korea.
  • the Indian province with 12 convents. Indian sisters also work in Tanzania and Jérémie (Haiti).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franciscan Sisters of Münster-St. Mauritz (Mauritz Franciscan Sisters) - Orden-online.de. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Hospice rope: About us | Hospice cordage. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Sister M. Margarete is the newly elected Superior General , accessed on October 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ann-Christin Lademann: As Superior General in Japan, the USA and India . In: Kirche + Leben , January 13, 2019, p. 11.
  5. ↑ Yvonne Staat: The nuns, my daughter and me. Three weeks together in the monastery . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , December 24, 2017, p. 2.
  6. ↑ We in Germany , accessed on July 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ a b Where we are , accessed October 15, 2018.
  8. ^ Prowincja Polska , accessed October 15, 2018.
  9. ↑ Our story , accessed October 15, 2018.
  10. ↑ Province of Japan , accessed October 15, 2018.
  11. ^ Medical Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi , accessed October 15, 2018.