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The nave has north and south aisles with a clerestory; at the east end there is a vestry on the south side and a Lady chapel, formerly used by the sisters of St Anthony's convent, on the north side. The approximately 75-foot (23 m) tower has diagonal buttresses, a stair turret with a pinnacle , and a trefoil balustrade with small pinnacles; the ...
The brothers of Jesus or the adelphoi (Ancient Greek: ἀδελφοί, romanized: adelphoí, lit. 'of the same womb, brothers') [1] [a] are named in the New Testament as James, Joses (a form of Joseph), Simon, Jude, [2] and unnamed sisters are mentioned in Mark and Matthew. [3]
The theological situation was complicated by the gospel references to "brothers and sisters" of Jesus, [63] who may have been: (1) the sons of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph; (2) sons of Mary, the wife of Clopas and sister of Mary the mother of Jesus; or (3) sons of Joseph by a former marriage. [64]
The Servants of St. Joseph (Spanish: Siervas de San José, who use the postnominal initials SSJ) form an international congregation of religious sisters in the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded by Saint Bonifacia Rodríguez-Castro on January 7, 1874, with the support and guidance of a Catalan Jesuit , Fr. Francesc Xavier Butinyà i Hospital ...
The community was founded in Clerkenwell, London, by Etheldreda Anna Benett (1824 – 1913) in 1866. [1] Mother Etheldreda had been associated for some years with the Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor, and finally joined that Order as a novice in 1864.
Æthelthryth (or Æðelþryð or Æþelðryþe; c. 636 – 23 June 679) was an East Anglian princess, a Fenland and Northumbrian queen and Abbess of Ely.She is an Anglo-Saxon saint, and is also known as Etheldreda or Audrey, especially in religious contexts.
Rita Lopes de Almeida (religious name Rita Amada de Jesus, [1] 5 March 1848 – 6 January 1913), was a Portuguese religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. She was called "Apostle of the Rosary , Apostle of the Eucharist , [and] Apostle of the Family" [ 1 ] and one of the greatest Christian teachers of her time.
The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph was founded by Jean-Pierre Médaille (although older accounts attribute this to his brother, Jean Paul). Medaille sought to establish an ecclesiastically approved congregation of women who would profess simple vows, live in a small group, with no specific apostolates and would dress in a common garb of the women of their day.