Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Religious orders Women's orders and congregations

Religious Sisters of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts

RELIGIOSE DELLA SANTA UNIONE DEI SACRI CUORI

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Also known as: French: Religieuses de la Sainte Union des Sacrés-Cœurs; Italian: Suore della Santa Unione dei Sacri Cuori

RELIGIOUS OF THE HOLY UNION OF THE SACRED HEARTS. - Congregation founded at Douai (Cambrai) in 1828 by the priest G. B. de Brabant.

Purpose: the Christian education of youth through elementary and secondary schools, with particular regard for the children of workers and for orphans. Since 1931 they have carried out missionary activity in French Cameroon. The Congregation obtained the decree of praise on 30 May and the definitive approval of the Constitutions on 17 June 1898. These were revised in 1925 in accordance with the CIC. Today there are 1424 sisters with 100 houses.

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BIBL.: Arch. S. Congr. dei Religiosi, C. 4; GM, Rome 1935, p. 425.

Candido Bona

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By Candido Bona

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), coll. 741–742.

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Bona, Candido. “Religiose della Santa Unione dei Sacri Cuori.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 741–742. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/religiose-della-santa-unione-dei-sacri-cuori.

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Bona, Candido. “Religiose della Santa Unione dei Sacri Cuori.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 741–742. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/religiose-della-santa-unione-dei-sacri-cuori.

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  author    = {Bona, Candido},
  title     = {Religiose della Santa Unione dei Sacri Cuori},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {741--742},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/religiose-della-santa-unione-dei-sacri-cuori}
}

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