Sisters of the poor
The Sisters of the Poor ( it . : Suore delle Poverelle dell'Istituto Palazzolo , order abbreviation: SdPIP) are an institute of consecrated life in the Roman Catholic Church . The nuns work as missionary and school sisters on several continents. They were founded in 1869 by Luigi Maria Palazzolo (1827-1883).
history
The religious community of the Sisters of the Poor was founded by the Italian priest and Blessed Luigi Maria Palazzolo. He headed a church organization on the outskirts of Bergamo to help the poor, the sick and orphans, and he also took care of youth pastoral care . Together with the religious sister Teresa Gabrieli (1837-1908), who also became the first religious superior , he founded the congregation Sisters of the Poor on May 22, 1869, who take their vows according to the evangelical councils . With a papal decree , the community of sisters received their license to practice medicine on May 25, 1919 and initially developed primarily in Bergamo, Brescia and Vicenza . Further branches in central and southern Italy followed later.
By the beginning of World War II , the communities had expanded to 140 houses with around 1,000 sisters. During the war years the religious order had to limit its activities and sometimes work in hiding. Some of the sisters were sent to concentration camps and deported .
After the end of the war, the reconstruction of the partially destroyed houses began, and hospitals and refreshment stations were also built. An infirmary was built to fight tuberculosis and the repatriation of the deported order members was organized. In 1977 the "Brotherhood of Don Luigi Palazzolo" was founded, which works for evangelization . She later became part of the religious community.
organization
In 1952 the sisters took over their first mission station in the Congo . Today they maintain religious houses and church institutions in Brazil (since 1992), Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast (since 1974), Kenya (since 1998), Malawi (since 1983), Peru and Switzerland . The General House has its seat in Bergamo, where you are also responsible for the Palazzolo Museum, the religious order manages a total of 850 institutions and has around 900 members.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Palazzolo Museum in Bergamo ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
