St. Joseph Congregation
The St. Joseph Congregation, Latin Congregatio St. Josephii, with the abbreviation CSJ, is a Roman Catholic community of sisters ( congregation ) with the rule of the regulated Third Order of St. Francis as the basis of their way of life and mother house in Ursberg .
history
The St. Joseph Congregation was founded by Dominikus ringsisen (December 6, 1835 - May 4, 1904), a priest of the diocese of Augsburg .
On January 31, 1897, state and church approval for the establishment of the St. Joseph Congregation took place. It is established as a congregation under episcopal law. It was affiliated to the Franciscan Order on January 27, 1906. At the first solemn attire on March 19, 1897, 115 women committed themselves to life in the community of sisters. The first Superior General became Sr. M. Angelina Martin. Dominikusringenisen turned to people with disabilities in a special way. For them he created places to live and opportunities to develop: the Dominikus ring iron work . This began in 1884 with the purchase of the former Premonstratensian Abbey in Ursberg . The sisters of the St. Joseph Congregation fulfilled the necessary tasks of looking after, promoting and employing the people living there.
After the death of Dominikus Ringsisen (1904), the St. Joseph Congregation continued to run the facility for the disabled with full responsibility and as the sole sponsor until 1996. During these years she faced the challenges and needs of the time, kept the organization up to date and took on new tasks.
For over 100 years, the sisters lived and worked for the well-being of people with disabilities after the commission from Dominikusringenisen. That is why the history of the St. Joseph Congregation up to 1996 is closely linked to the history of the Dominikus ring iron work.
In 1996 the St. Joseph Congregation made the Dominikus -ringenisen-Werk independent as a church foundation under public law. The St. Joseph Congregation remains in close contact with the Dominikusringenisen-Werk - ideally, spiritually and, as far as possible, personally. In its committees, it contributes to the goals and developments of the foundation.
Currently (January 2019) there are 87 sisters living in the St. Joseph Congregation, who are active in various areas and areas of responsibility. Eleventh Superior General is Sister M. Katharina Wildenauer CSJ, who took over the office from Sister M. Edith Schlachter CSJ on May 1, 2017 and is elected for six years.
Order rule
The sisters live according to the rule of the Regulated Third Order of St. Francis . They have statutes that are geared to their living conditions and have been revised several times to meet the requirements.
They vow virginal chastity, poverty and simplicity, obedience and willingness to serve, and put themselves at the service of brothers and sisters in need, whom they want to support in their physical and spiritual needs.
Facilities
The teacher training institute founded by Dominikusringenisen in Ursberg is today run by the St. Joseph Congregation as an economic and social science grammar school - language grammar school (ringsisen grammar school).
The St. Joseph Congregation is involved in the Heilbad Krumbad GmbH , in the Klosterbräuhaus Ursberg GmbH. She runs a wafer bakery in Ursberg.
Public relations work is carried out, among other things, by the monastery museum in Ursberg and the Josefsboten , a quarterly publication of the St. Joseph Congregation .
Living places
In Ursberg, larger and smaller convents live in the mother house and other houses. Further branches are in Krumbad , Pfaffenhausen , Breitbrunn am Ammersee and Kloster Holzen .
literature
- Herbert Immenkötter: People from our midst. The victims of forced sterilization and euthanasia in the Dominikus ring iron factory in Ursberg . Verlag Ludwig Auer, 2nd edition Donauwörth, 2009
- Gert Tröger: Dominikusringenisen and his work . Self-published by the St. Joseph Congregation, Ursberg 1984
- Herbert Immenkötter, Sr. M. Katharina Wildenauer: The sisters of the St. Joseph Congregation . In: Isidor Baumgartner, Anton Landersdorfer (ed.): Everyone is precious. Dominikus Ringsisen (1835–1904). An advocate for life . Klinger, Passau 2004, ISBN 3-932949-31-5 , pp. 169-181.