Sisters of the Holy Cross

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The Sisters of the Holy Cross (actually: Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross , in short: Menzinger Sisters ) are a Roman Catholic women's order founded in 1844 in Menzingen in the canton of Zug . The Congregation is formed from the Regulated Third Order of St. Francis . The Order has an apostolic religious life, i. H. the members do not lead monastery life in seclusion , but also live in public.

History and structure

Theodosius Florentini, portrait mid 19th century

Capuchin Father Theodosius Florentini (1808–1865) founded the congregation of the Sisters Teaching of the Holy Cross in 1844 with his sister Bernarda Heimgartner . The initially five sisters were active as teachers in the school service. From 1902 to 1985 they ran the St. Raphael Clinic in Küsnacht in the Zurich diaspora . A prominent member of the order was Sister Pascalina Lehnert , the housekeeper Pius XII.

In 1855, Father Theodosius Florentini acquired the Nigg'schen Hof in Central Switzerland, a farm on a hill in Ingenbohl on Lake Lucerne. The monastery community formed there was separated from the Menzing people by an episcopal decision in 1856 and thus the independent institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross , Ingenbohl Sisters for short, with the Ingenbohl Monastery as the motherhouse, was created.

Today there are branches on all continents. On December 31, 2005, the order had 2,132 sisters in 244 houses. 138 sisters work in Germany (2013).

Superior General

  • Maria Bernarda Heimgartner 1844–1863
  • Salesia Strickler 1863–1898
  • Friederika Hahn 1898–1901
  • Maria Paula Beck 1901-1908
  • Maria Carmela Motta 1908–1923
  • Theresita Hengartner 1923–1935
  • Maria Theresia Naegeli 1935–1947
  • Maria Carmela Motta 1947–1965
  • Irene Sganzini 1965-1971
  • Antonia Steiner 1971–1983
  • Adrian Maguire 1983-1989
  • Miguela Müslin 1989-1996
  • Mary Finbarr Coffey 1996 -...
  • Anne Roch 2002-2007
  • Alma Kohler 2008-2013
  • since 2014: Telma Manickanamparampil

literature

  • Bernarda Heimgartner: The chronicle of the institute of the teaching sisters of St. Cross 1844–1854 . Introduction, notes, publisher: Andreas Sampers, Institute of the Teaching Sisters of the Holy Cross, Menzingen Canton Zug 1970.

Web links

Commons : Sisters of the Holy Cross Menzingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ holycross-menzingen ( Memento of February 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Short biography of Bernarda Heimgartner, accessed on April 21, 2009
  2. ↑ a b Personal data, in: Die Tagespost , July 25, 2013, p. 4.
  3. ↑ The new provincial superior of the Menzing Sisters is Anne Roch , article on kipa-apic.ch from February 28, 2010