Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres
The Paul Sisters of Chartres (also Daughters of St. Paul, Hospitallers of St. Paul or Hospitallers of Chartres , French: Soeurs de Saint-Paul de Chartres , abbreviation: SPC) have been a female Roman Catholic religious community since 1694 , which teaches worldwide and nursing. The seat is in Rome today. They are not to be confused with the Sisters of Charity of St Paul the Apostle , SP, based in Birmingham .
history
The sister community of the "Filles de l'Ecole" (school daughters or: school sisters ) founded by Louis Chauvet in Levesville la Chenard (southeast Chartres ) in 1694 was brought to Chartres in 1708 by Bishop Paul Godet des Marais (1647–1709) ( Rue Saint-Maurice ). He gave them the name "Filles de Saint-Paul" (later: Soeurs hospitalières de Saint-Paul and finally: Soeurs de Saint-Paul de Chartres ) and set the Canon Claude Maréchaux (also: Maréchaulx) († July 2, 1716) as a spiritual superior. Maréchaux wrote the rules of the order and a spiritual guide, which were not printed until the 19th century.
The Paulus sisters of Chartres founded 46 branches in France alone by 1791. From 1727 they worked in French Guiana , from 1771 on Mauritius and Réunion . Cardinal de Rohan's request to be sent to Strasbourg in 1734 , from which the Federation of Vincentian Communities emerged, proved particularly fruitful .
After the dissolution in 1791 by the French Revolution , the sisters returned to Chartres in 1802 ( Rue Saint Jacques ). In the 19th century they were represented in more than 100 locations in France. In Europe they worked from 1847 under Geneviève Dupuis (1813-1903) in England, where they went into business in 1864 (today under the name Sisters of Charity of St Paul the Apostle , SP), also from 1881 in Belgium, from 1900 in the Switzerland, from 1903 back in England, from 1924 in Italy. Outside Europe, they appeared in 1817 on Martinique , from 1820 to Guadeloupe , from 1848 in China , from 1860 in Indochina (under the leadership of Mother Benjamin Le Noël de Groussy, 1821-1884), from 1878 in Japan , from 1888 in Korea , from 1898 in Siam (today Thailand ), from 1904 in Laos and the Philippines , from 1930 in Canada . Today the motherhouse is in Rome ( Via della Vignaccia 193 ) and manages 4,000 sisters in 36 countries.
Superiors (incomplete)
- Marie Micheau -1702
- Marie-Anne de Tilly (born March 8, 1665 in Allaines , co-founder) 1702–1703
- Marie-Thérèse du Tronchay 1703-1717
- Barbel Foucault 1717-1726
- Anne-Marie Deslandres -
- Marie-Jeanne Ginon -
- Marie Josseaume 1790-1834
- Maria Rouyrre (born September 19, 1791 in Versailles ; † 1869) 1834–1843, 1855–1861
literature
- Abel Gaveau: La Soeur Maria de La Congrégation de Saint-Paul de Chartres . Plon, Paris 1877 (via Maria Rouyrre).
- René Gobillot: Les Sœurs de Saint-Paul de Chartres . Grasset, Paris 1938.
- Jean Vaudon: Histoire générale de la Communauté des Filles de Saint-Paul de Chartres. Enseignantes, hospitalières, missionnaires . Téqui, Paris 1922-1931.
- 1. Des origines 1694 à 1800. 1922.
- 2. De 1800 jusqu'à nos jours. 1924.
- 3. De 1840 jusqu 'à nos jours. 1927.
- 4. De 1880 jusqu'à nos jours. 1931.
Foundation texts
- Règlement pour les Soeurs hospitalières de Saint-Paul établies à Chartres et connues sous le nom de Soeurs de Saint-Maurice . A. Le Clère et Cie, Paris 1861.
- Claude Maréchaux: Instructions pour bien faire ses actions . Poussielgue frères, Paris 1891.