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Welcome IJP 2024
On April 2, our two sisters for the International Juniorate Program 2024 were officially welcomed in a short
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In July 1903, eight missionary sisters arrived in Olinda, Brazil. Already in 1905 two sister from Olinda traveled to the south to establish another foundation at Sorocaba. In 1995, the Sorocaba Priory received five members of a Pious Union in Buenos Aires Argentina. Today, the sisters minister in many pre-school (creches), primary and secondary schools, some health care institutes and in many social and pastoral activities.
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On April 2, our two sisters for the International Juniorate Program 2024 were officially welcomed in a short
On December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Olinda Priory could celebrate the final profession
Sr. Madalena Mendonça, OSB, Prioress, and the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing Olinda Priorywith joy and gratitude invite youto
(Oh, how beautiful!) the Portuguese sailors are supposed to have exclaimed when they first beheld this hill rising above the lush vegetation and the ocean.
The name “Olinda” remains to this day, as well as the ancient colonial style “Misericordia Church” that belongs to our sisters and is visited by many tourists.
The Olinda Priory, located in northeastern Brazil, was founded in 1903. The sisters devoted themselves to the education of youth and soon the St. Gertrude’s Academy (Academia Santa Gertrudes) rose on this hill.
Many young Brazilians joined the sisters, making it possible to found nine more communities, several of them in the interior of the country. A university named FACHO (Faculty of Human Sciences of Olinda) also arose nearby.
Our Congregation, having originated in Germany in 1885, did not long delay in arriving in Brazil. Soon after ours establishment in East Africa, we accepted the invitation to found a community in South America.
In December 1902, Mother Birgitta Korff, the Prioress General, received a letter from Abbot Gérard van Caloen OSB of the Olinda Monastery. Originally from Maredsous Monastery in Belgium, he greatly admired the missionary endeavors of Father Andreas Amrhein, our founder.
Since the beginning of the Priory, our sisters have cared also for the sick. However, it was only in 1970 that Saint Vicente de Paulo Hospital opened its doors in Barbalha, Ceará, in the diocese of Crato. It has become a large hospital, caring for as many as 1500 patients per day, in its service of an expanding geographical area with few health care workers.
As a regional hospital, patients come to it from more than 50 surrounding towns and cities. It works in tandem with the governmental health care system.
Celebration of Sacred Heart On June 24th of this year we celebrated the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Our Olinda Priory being dedicated
Students from Colégio Imaculado Coração de Maria in Olinda Pernambuco, collect donations for those displaced by the heavy rains in the metropolitan region.
Blood Donation Campaign The São Vicente de Paulo Hospital in Barbalha run by our sisters participated in the Blood Donor Day June 14 by
Sr. Irani Bernardo Evangelista, OSB, director of Academia Santa Gertrudes, together with Professor Ivis and students from Elementary School 1, on the
On March 19, 2022 Sr. Maria Juliana Lins and Sr. Escolástica Moura celebrated their final profession in Olinda Priory / Brazil. During the litany of all
“Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name, you are mine.” Is 43,1 Our dear Sr. Lucida (Beatrix)