Sisters of the Precious Blood (Monza)
| 45°35′01″N 09°16′25″E / 45.58361°N 9.27361°E | |
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| Founder | |
|---|---|
| Marie Mathilde Bucchi | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Italy | Monza (headquarters) and 18 others locations including Rome or Palermo. |
 Brazil | Pará and around 20 other locations including Brasilia or Fortaleza. |
 Kenya | Nairobi |
 East Timor | Dili |
 Myanmar | Mingaladon Township |
| Religions | |
| Christianity | |
| Website | |
| preziosine.it | |
The Sisters of the Precious Blood (in Latin: Congregationis Sororum a Pretiosissimo Sanguine, English: sometimes referred to as Congregation sisters of the Most Precious Blood) is a female religious teaching and social congregation of pontifical right[1] founded in Monza in 1874 and still headquartered there as of 2021. It is dedicated to teaching, charity and social works present in Italy, Brazil, Kenya, East Timor, Burma.[2] In 2017, the congregation had 385 sisters in 55 communities.[3][4][5][6]
History
[edit]In 1852, a community of young women under the leadership of Marie Mathilde Bucchi (1812-1882)[7] began to work with the Canossian Daughters of Charity in Monza with the aim of creating a Third Order.[8] When it became clear that the community could not continue to work within the Canossian congregation because their rules didn't allow these sisters to have nuns from another class, in 1874 the group formed an autonomous religious congregation and Father Juste Pantalini, a barnabite, wrote new religious constitutions for them. The institute was recognized by diocesan right on May 17, 1876 by the Archbishop of Milan Luigi Nazari di Calabiana and received the approval of the Pope on July 10, 1934. In 1938, they opened up to the work of evangelization by helping the barnabites in missions in Pará. The foundress was recognized as venerable on April 28, 2006 and a sister of the Institute, Alfonsa Clerici, was beatified on October 23, 2011.[9][10][11][12]
See also
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Belardo, Michael (2015-11-19). Italy, Thru My Lens. Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. ISBN 978-1-63135-985-9.
- ^ Anuário católico do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editôra Vozes. 1977.
- ^ The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index. Catholic Library Association. 2006.
- ^ Bibliografia nazionale italiana (in Italian). 1973.
- ^ Dizionario degli istituti di perfezione (in Italian). Edizioni paoline. 1974.
- ^ "World map of implantations". Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ^ Secrétan, Bernard (2005). Eglise et vie catholiques a Lausanne du XIXe siecle a nos jours (in French). Bibliotheque historique vaudoise. ISBN 978-2-88454-127-5.
- ^ Mély, Fernand de (1886). Inventaires de la basilique royale de Monza par Rarbier de Montault: Bibliographie (in French). Grande impr.
- ^ Dino, Santina (2010). Con la fronte per terra: la beata Alfonsa Clerici (in Italian). Ancora. ISBN 978-88-514-0813-8.
- ^ Ponso, Aldo (2001). Duemila anni di santità in Piemonte e Valle d'Aosta: i santi, i beati, i venerabili, i servi di Dio, le personalità distinte : guida completa dalle origini ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Effata Editrice IT. ISBN 978-88-86617-73-4.
- ^ L'Attività della Santa Sede (in Italian). Tipografia poliglotta vaticana. 2008.
- ^ Granat, Wincenty; Gryglewicz, Feliks; Łukaszyk, Romuald; Sułowski, Zygmunt (1973). Encyklopedia katolicka: Kinszasa-Krzymuska (in Polish). Tow. Nauk. Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego. ISBN 978-83-7306-068-5.
