Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul

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Angelic Sisters of St. Paul
Sorores Angelicae Sancti Pauli
AbbreviationASP
Formation1535;488 years ago (1535)
Founder Anthony Mary Zaccaria
Founded atMilan, Italy
Type Catholic religious order
Headquarters Milan, Italy
Superior General
Mo. Elaine Alnaissi, ASP
Ministry
List
  • Education
  • Missionaries
  • Pastoral
  • Hospices for the elderly
  • Pastoral counselling of men and women in prison
  • Religious education
  • Eucharistic ministry to shut-ins
  • Youth ministry
  • Vocational Apostolate
  • Ministry in Spiritual Centers
Patron
  • Blessed Virgin Mary (Under the title Mary, Mother of Divine Providence)
  • St. Paul the Apostle
Main organ
Barnabite Publications
Parent organization
Catholic Church
Website https://www.barnabites.com/angelic-sisters-of-st-paul/

The Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul (Latin : Sorores Angelicae Sancti Pauli) are a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Anthony Maria Zaccaria in Milan, Italy in 1535. [1] [2]

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The order is a female branch of the Barnabite Fathers. Their purpose was to be co-workers with the Barnabite Fathers (founded by the same founder) in bringing about a renewal of faith in a society that had become very worldly.

History

The Angelic Sisters were founded in the sixteenth century (1535) in Milan (Italy), by Anthony Maria Zaccaria. The Angelicals worked to educate girls and assist poor women. In 1537 Cardinal Niccolò Ridolfi invited them to Vicenza, where they received the support of the Valmarana family. [3] Other convents soon followed in Verona, Padua, and Venice.

In 1552, by a Papal decree, the Angelic Sisters were asked to become a cloistered community, thus discontinuing their active apostolate. The last Angelica died in 1846, but the congregation was re-established in 1879 by Barnabite Fr Pio Mauri. During World War I convents at Arienzo in Campania, took over the direction of homes for war orphans. It was not until 1926 that another Papal decree, dated July 5 (feast of Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria) authorized the Congregation of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul to restore its original purpose of active life. [4]

Present day

They serve in Brazil, Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo, Spain, Portugal, Kosovo, United States, Albania, Philippines, Chile and recently in Poland, Indonesia, and Rwanda.

The Istituto San Paolo in Rome has 600 pupils. [5] The sisters in Rwanda run an orphanage for 140 children. The Angelic Sisters offer retreats at Villa Santa Rita in Segni, Italy. [6]

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References

  1. Biography of St. Anthony Zaccaria, Barnabites page, Ecclesia Web Service for Catholics
  2. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Antonio Maria Zaccaria"  . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  3. Caesar, Mathieu. Factional Struggles: Divided Elites in European Cities & Courts (1400-1750), BRILL, 2017, p. 131 ISBN   9789004345348
  4. "Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul (ASP)", Barnabite Fathers USA
  5. Istituto San Paolo di Roma delle suore angeliche
  6. "Missionaries in the Footsteps of St. Paul", Agenzia Fides, October 25, 2008