Angelic Sisters of St. Paul
The Angelics or angel sisters (Latin: Sancti Pauli Sorores Angelicae Order code: ASP) are a Barnabites the affiliated women's orders in the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Paul III. (1534-1549) issued in 1535 the Congregation 's approval. The sisters live by the rules of Augustine and devote themselves mainly of education " fallen girls and women."
Naming
Carl Julius Weber (1767-1832) wrote in his work on the " monasticism ":
" The nuns Angelics or English nuns called, always at the name of angel purity - to think ... - not in English "
Hence, and from the name derivation Angelika ( Angelicae = " the Angelic " ) they were also known as " angel sisters " known.
History
The Founder of Barnabites, Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, was the founding initiator of the female branch of the Barnabites. He had in 1530 can stimulate the Countess Luise Torelli of Guastalla to donate a female religious. The Angelics had initially taken on the task to accompany the monks of Barnabites their missions. With the papal bull debitum pastoral from January 15, 1535 issued by Pope Paul III. the papal approbation. They lived according to the rules of St. Augustine and practiced the religious habits of the Dominicans. Their task was to lead an angelic purity of life.
Countess Torelli founded in Milan, near the Saint Eufemia church, the monastery for the conversion of St. Paul. It enabled several noble women - the later Guastallinen - in the monastery education and training, and secured them to the marriage a dowry to. On August 6, 1545 her official religious name " Angelics " was recognized as a great patron was Charles Borromeo. In 1551, the women's orders were forbidden to live in the mission stations of Barnabites and they had to retreat in the exam. This led to the separation of Countess Torelli, who left in 1552, the Milanese monastery. Pope Gregory XIII. (1572-1585) ruled in 1572 that the Angelics have to act as a contemplative Order. The new order statutes were drawn up by Charles Borromeo and approved by Pope Urban VII (1623-1644) on May 12, 1625.
The monastery of the Conversion of St. Paul in Milan was closed by order of Emperor Joseph II in 1785. Under the rule of Napoleon in 1810 was the closure of all religious institutions. The last nun of Angelics died 1846. In 1879, Father Pio Mauri CRSP tried to rebuild the female Order. 1882, Pope Leo XIII. (1878-1903) its approval in 1919, Pope Benedict XV. (1914-1922), the religious community. The new beginning was made in the old Milanese monastery and the monasteries in Fivizzano and Arienzo.
Religious emblem and motto
The emblem symbolizes the cross, the Host and the chalice the establishment of the Holy Eucharist. The letters indicate the PA (St. Paul the Apostle ) Paul the Apostle. The lily represents the purity and chastity, and the crown of thorns is reminiscent of the motto " In contrast, we proclaim Christ crucified " (1 Cor 1.23 EU).
New beginning
With the Reverend Mother Johanna Maria Flora Bracaval (1861-1935) began a new era. In a very short time emerged homes and educational institutions in Albania, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, the Philippines, Kosovo, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Spain and the United States. The Angelics joined in the late 20th century the religious congregations of the " Zaccaria family " on to the Barnabites, Angelics and Laity of St.. Paul belong.