Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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The Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, acronym H.S.C.,[1] is an institute of consecrated life established in 1881 by the Italian priest St. Benedict Menni (1841–1914).
It is devoted to poor sick people, especially the mentally handicapped, and the elderly.
History[edit]
The congregation was founded on 31 May 1881, in the psychiatric hospital of Ciempozuelos, near Madrid, by Father Benedetto Menni (1841-1914), a friar of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, assisted by two nuns from Grenada (María Josefa Recio and María Angustias Giménez).[2]
Bibliography[edit]
- Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2007, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2007. ISBN 978-88-209-7908-9.
- Guerrino Pelliccia e Giancarlo Rocca (curr.), Dizionario degli Istituti di Perfezione (10 voll.), Edizioni paoline, Milano 1974–2003.
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