Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Religious orders Women's orders and congregations

Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit

MISSIONARIE DELLO SPIRITO SANTO

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MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. - Institute founded on 5 January 1920 by Msgr. Alexandre

Le Roy, superior general of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, for the purpose of cooperating in the missionary apostolate of the fathers of the same Institute in all the missions of Propaganda entrusted to them.

On 22 March 1923 the first candidates began their novitiate; on 5 October 1924 the first sisters took their vows, and in the course of that same year they departed for Cameroon. The Constitutions of the Congregation were approved by decree of Propaganda dated 22 July 1929.

The principal fields of the sisters' activity are West and South Africa, Central America and Martinique.

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BIBL.: anon., Les sœurs missionnaires du St Esprit, Paris n.d.; C. Masseguin, A l'ombre des Patines. L'oeuvre familiale et missionnaire des Sœurs du St-Esprit, Paris 1942.

Nicola Kowalsky

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), coll. 1103–1104.

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Kowalsky, Nicola. “Missionarie Dello Spirito Santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 1103–1104. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/missionarie-dello-spirito-santo.

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Kowalsky, Nicola. “Missionarie Dello Spirito Santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1103–1104. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/missionarie-dello-spirito-santo.

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  author    = {Kowalsky, Nicola},
  title     = {Missionarie Dello Spirito Santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {1103--1104},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/missionarie-dello-spirito-santo}
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