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Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Religious orders Women's orders and congregations
PICCOLE ANCELLE DEL SACRO CUORE
LITTLE HANDMAIDS OF THE SACRED HEART. - Congregation founded in 1916 by Msgr. Liviero, bishop of Città di Castello.
Purpose: to take in orphans and abandoned children, to teach catechism, to visit the sick, to assist the dying, to open elementary schools and workshops for girls. On May 17, 1938 it received the decree of praise and the temporary approval of the Constitutions. In 1947 the sisters numbered 235, distributed among 45 houses.
How we know signed in print
Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1343.
More by Agostino Pugliese: Little Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary · Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary · Little Servants of B · Little Servants of the Immaculate Conception · Little Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Chicago
Pugliese, Agostino. “Piccole Ancelle del Sacro Cuore.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1343. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/piccole-ancelle-del-sacro-cuore.
MLA
Pugliese, Agostino. “Piccole Ancelle del Sacro Cuore.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1343. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/piccole-ancelle-del-sacro-cuore.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec9_piccole_ancelle_del_sacro_cuor,
author = {Pugliese, Agostino},
title = {Piccole Ancelle del Sacro Cuore},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IX},
pages = {1343},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/piccole-ancelle-del-sacro-cuore}
}
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