RELIGIOSE DI SANTA GIULIANA, APOSTOLINE DEL S.mo SACRAMENTO. — Founded at Mechelen in 1856 by Fanny Kestre for the perpetual adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament and to foster devotion to it among the faithful.
It is divided into two classes of sisters: choir sisters and lay sisters. The Holy See granted the decree of praise in 1875, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1906, and definitive approval on 3 February 1926. At present, the Institute has 5 houses, with 60 sisters.
BIBL.: Arch. S. Congr. dei Religiosi, M. 30; anon., Fanny Kestre, Milano 1912. Candido Bona
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