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

Little Sisters of the Holy Family

PICCOLE SUORE DELLA SANTA FAMIGLIA

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LITTLE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY. - Founded in 1892 by Msgr. Nascimbeni, parish priest of Castelletto di Brezone (Verona).

It obtained the decree of praise in 1910 together with the temporary approval of the Constitutions, which, updated in accordance with the Code, were approved again on June 5, 1932 and definitively on Apr. 1, 1941. The sisters devote themselves to the education and instruction of young women, especially of the working class, to the care of the sick in hospitals or at home, and to any other work of charity for urgent cases. They also work in the Missions. The sisters number more than 1000, distributed among 236 houses.

BIBL. Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, V. 59.

Agostino Pugliese

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), p. 811.

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Pugliese, Agostino. “Piccole Suore della Santa Famiglia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, p. 811. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/piccole-suore-della-santa-famiglia-2.

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Pugliese, Agostino. “Piccole Suore della Santa Famiglia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, p. 811. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/piccole-suore-della-santa-famiglia-2.

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  author    = {Pugliese, Agostino},
  title     = {Piccole Suore della Santa Famiglia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/piccole-suore-della-santa-famiglia-2}
}

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