The Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles is a Catholic religious congregation founded in 1876 in Lyon, France, by Fr Augustin Planque, the first superior general of the Society of African Missions. The order was created to assist with the priests' missions in Africa.
Mother Eugenia Ravasio was Superior General from 1935 until 1947; she marked the history of the religious congregation for her work in favour of leprosy and for having received unprecedented visions and revelations from God the Father. [1]
In 1995, Sister Angèle-Marie Littlejohn and Sister Bibiane Leclercq were killed by terrorism in Algiers. They are recognized as martyrs by the Catholic Church. Their beatification was celebrated on 8 December 2018 in Oran (Algeria) with the Martyrs of Algeria. [2] [3]
The Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles has currently more than 700 sisters from 21 countries in 19 countries. The sisters pronounce the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, for the realization of the first evangelization, the service of the poorest and the promotion of women, in an inter-religious dialogue: "we go beyond the borders of countries and of religions to boldly proclaim the dead and resurrected Christ to a multicultural world. We are a ferment of hope in a world in search of landmarks and in quest of Absolute. We are working on the first evangelization, especially in Africa. With respect, we welcome the truth of others and collaborate in the inculturation of the Gospel. We are attentive to the missionary dimension of the local Church. We live in effective solidarity with the poor, especially with women and all the persons who are marginalized in our contemporary societies".
The Congregation of Holy Cross, abbreviated CSC, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical rite for men founded in 1837 by Basil Moreau, in Le Mans, France.
The Sisters of Holy Cross, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is an international Catholic congregation of religious sisters which traces its origins to the foundation of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1837 in Le Mans, France by the Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC. Two other congregations of sisters also have the same origins: the Marianites of Holy Cross and the Sisters of the Holy Cross.
A teaching order is a Catholic religious institute whose particular charism is education. Many orders and societies sponsor educational programs and institutions, and teaching orders participate in other charitable and spiritual activities; a teaching order is distinguished in that education is a primary mission.
The Congregation of Our Lady of Sion is composed of two Roman Catholic religious congregations founded in Paris, France. One is composed of Catholic priests and Religious Brothers, founded in 1852, and the other is composed of Religious Sisters, founded in 1843, both by Marie-Théodore Ratisbonne, along with his brother Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne, "to witness in the Church and in the world that God continues to be faithful in his love for the Jewish people and to hasten the fulfillment of the promises concerning the Jews and the Gentiles.".
The Brothers of Our Lady of the Fields were a small Canadian Roman Catholic congregation active between 1902 and 1930.
Eugenia Ravasio, OLA, born Eugenia Elisabetta Ravasio, was an Italian Catholic nun in the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles and a mystic, best known for treating leprosy and for having reported visions and revelations from God the Father.
The 498 Spanish Martyrs were victims of the Spanish Civil War beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. They originated from many parts of Spain. Their ages ranged from 16 years to 78 years old. Although almost 500 persons, they are a small part of the Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War.
The Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary (SMSM) are a congregation of pontifical right of Catholic religious women. They are part of the Marist family of congregations. The order is dedicated to evangelization. In its missionary activity it is within the ambit of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome.
The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, often called the White Sisters, is a missionary society founded in 1869 that operates in Africa. It is closely associated with the Society of the Missionaries of Africa, or White Fathers.
Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon, born as Élisabeth Turgeon, was a Canadian religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary. She assumed the nameMarie-Élisabeth as her religious name.
The 19 martyrs of Algeria were a group of nineteen individuals slain in Algeria between 1994 and 1996 during the Algerian Civil War. They all were priests or professed religious belonging to religious congregations, including seven Trappist Cistercian monks; one was a bishop. Their nations of origin were France (15), French protectorate of Tunisia (1), Spain (2), and Belgium (1).
Caroline Lenferna de Laresle also known as Sister/Mother Marie-Augustine was a Mauritian nun who founded the Congrégation des sœurs de charité de Notre-Dame-du-Bon-et-Perpétuel-Secours.
Odette Prévost was a French Roman Catholic nun, who was working as a teacher and a librarian when she was killed in Algiers en route to Mass. She is recognized as a martyr and was proclaimed blessed on 8 December 2018.
Esther Paniagua Alonso was a Spanish nun, born in Izagre, on June 7, 1949, daughter of Nicasio Paniagua and Dolores Alonso, and member of the congregation of Augustinian missionaries. As a nurse, she was sent to Algeria where she worked in Bab El Oued, in Algiers. She was murdered in Algiers on October 23, 1994 with sister Caridad Álvarez Martín. On January 27, 2018, Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of Esther Paniagua Alonso among the martyrs of Algeria and authorized the signing of the beatification decree. She was proclaimed blessed on December 8, 2018.
Marie-Eugénie Caps (1892-1931) was a French Catholic sister who founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit or Spiritaines or Spiritan Sisters in January 1921, at the age of 28.
