Missionary Sisters of St. Petrus Claver

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The Sisters of St. Petrus Claver form an international missionary congregation , which was founded in Austria in 1894 by the Blessed Maria Teresia Ledóchowska . The motherhouse is in Rome . The company is represented with over 1100 projects in 70 countries.

history

The history of sodality began with Cardinal Lavigérie's commitment to the abolition of the slave trade and to evangelization in Europe. Inspired by his words, Maria Teresia Ledóchowska founded several magazines, including the Echo from Africa to propagate the concept of mission.

In order to meet this objective fully, the noble-born Mary Theresa Ledóchowska gave its position and called, according to tradition, an inspiration of the Holy Spirit , following in Salzburg association "St. Petrus Claver Sodality ”into life. It was named after Saint Peter Claver , the patron saint of the Africa missions. The sodality consisting of lay people was on April 29, 1894 by Pope Leo XIII. blessed and gained support and worldwide distribution in the years that followed; Meanwhile, small international communities in North and South America, Australia, Africa and Asia are working for the abolition of the various forms of slavery.

Goal of sodality

The sisters do not actively proselytize. The main goal of the founder was to provide the missions with the necessary resources.

The main focus and objective of their work are mission information and missionary awareness-raising, but also the spiritual and material support of mission projects. The first goal is to be achieved through the publication of mission magazines and other publications. The mission projects concern, among other things, the fight against modern slavery: street children, child prostitution, etc. The training of local priests, the building of churches, chapels, hospitals and village schools are promoted, and local Christian printing works are supported.

Communities in Switzerland

Entrance to the Petrus Claver Sodality in Zug

In 1905 Maria Teresia Ledóchowska announced her goal of having dispensing points in every canton in Switzerland, all of which should depend on a central office to be established in Switzerland. Drop-off points had the task of selling the magazines and books published by the sodality, as well as receiving money and other donations.

The central coordination and contact point was set up in Zug in 1905 . Since then the community has existed under the name St. Petrus Claver Sodality Zug on St.-Oswalds-Gasse. It is organized as an association and has been registered in the Zug commercial register since 1909. Sodality operates an Africa Museum at St. Oswalds-Gasse 17 with exhibits that have been given to them as a result of their missionary work.

The Zug branch played an important role just a few years after it was founded. With the entry of Italy into the First World War , the activities of the general office in Rome could not be maintained. The Zug branch, located in neutral Switzerland, took on the function of the Sodality mission center because it was still possible to transfer funds to Africa from here. The production of the French and English editions of Echoes from Africa was also relocated to Zug during the war.

During the Second World War , Sodality in Zug again took over the international financial transfers and the production of various print products.

Another community lives under the name Sœurs de St. Pierre Claver on Route du Grand-Pré 3 in Freiburg in Üechtland .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelia Bisch: They help the poorest in the world , in: Zentralschweiz am Sonntag , June 30, 2019, p. 16.
  2. ^ History of St. Petrus Claver Sodality. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Sabina Neumayer: The germ has now been laid everywhere: the foundation and development of the community of the Missionary Sisters of St. Petrus Claver, with a special view of the Zug branch . In: Tugium . No. 22 . Zug 2006, p. 133-156 .
  4. ↑ Africa Museum - Zug Culture. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .