Franciscans of the Holy Family

FRANCESCANE DELLA S. FAMIGLIA

Volume V · p. 932 · 1950 · Religious Orders

English translation · Testo originale italiano

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY. - They were founded at Dubuque, Iowa (U.S.A.) in 1875 by Mother Saveria Termehr and by other sisters of the Congregation of Bethlehem of Herford in Germany, forced by the persecution of the Kulturkampf to take refuge in the

(G. P. Anwar Sarnato, Kathalische Frauenprozeßinitiative Deutschlands, Düsseldorf 1931)

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF TREVINI

Portrait of the foundress M. Elisabetta Koch.

United States. Approved by the Holy See in 1913, they had already been aggregated to the Order of Friars Minor since 1903. They currently possess 69 houses where 719 religious dedicate themselves to various works of apostolate and charity.

BIBL.: sources

Acta O. F. M., 36 (1917), pp. 81-82; [G. Pou y Marti], Conspectus trium Ordinum religiosorum S. P. N. Francisci, Rome 1929, p. 439. Cesario van Hulst

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), coll. 1571–1572.

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van, Hulst Cesario. “Francescane Della S. Famiglia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1571–1572. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/francescane-della-s-famiglia.

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van, Hulst Cesario. “Francescane Della S. Famiglia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1571–1572. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/francescane-della-s-famiglia.

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@incollection{ec5_francescane_della_s_famiglia,
  author    = {van, Hulst Cesario},
  title     = {Francescane Della S. Famiglia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1571--1572},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/francescane-della-s-famiglia}
}