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The Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection was founded in Rome, Italy, in 1891 by a widow, Celine Borzecka, and her daughter, Hedwig Borzecka. This was the first time in the history of the Roman Catholic Church that a religious institute of women was founded jointly by a mother and daughter.
In 2024 there are twelve convents in total, eleven in Tanzania, and one in Zambia, [1] where the Order is seeking to expand. Mass is offered daily, and the sisters (at all convents) recite a four-fold daily office of Morning Prayer, Midday Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer (Compline). The current convents are located at (or near to) the ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kayanga (Latin: Dioecesis Kayangana) is a diocese located in the city of Kayanga in the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania. It was established August 14, 2008 from territory previously in the Diocese of Rulenge. The diocese maintains 11 parishes, two schools, two hospitals and a health clinic.
The Congregation of the Resurrection began in Paris on Ash Wednesday of 1836. Bogdan Janski, Peter Semenenko, and Jerome Kajsiewicz, the first three members, are regarded as the founders. [2] As a university student in Warsaw, Janski became involved in various student movements. He then studied economics in France, England, and Germany.
Members of religious communities may be known as monks or nuns, particularly in those communities which require their members to live permanently in one location; they may be known as friars or sisters, a term used particularly (though not exclusively) by religious orders whose members are more active in the wider community, often living in smaller groups.
As of 2020, the congregation consists of over 900 sisters in 100 communities in 14 countries on five continents: Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Philippines, Poland, Tanzania, Ukraine, Bolivia and Russia. The motherhouse and shrine of St. Ursula Ledóchowska is located in Pniewy. [1] The generalate is in ...
Sisters of Mercy: 1846 Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland: R.S.M. Sisters of Mercy: Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo of Alexandria: Borromean Sisters: 1884 Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo of Cairo: Borromean Sisters: 1904 Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo of Emmaus: Borromean Sisters: Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo of Haifa: Borromean Sisters: 1888
The sisters managed a dispensary and a hospital to care for the local population, created a leprosarium, and eventually established an accredited nursing school. [6] As the mission continued to expand, so did the Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam. In 1913, the southern third of the area became the Prefecture Apostolic of Lindi.