Daughters of the Cross

The Daughters of the Holy Cross (Latin Sanctae Crucis metastases, French Filles de la Croix, religious symbol FCr ) are a religious community of the Roman Catholic Church.

History

The Order was founded by Maria Theresia Haze in 1833. The four women were working in the slums of the industrial city of Liege, worried about street children, the poor, the needy and the sick, especially to girls and women. The principle of the Order is active charity in imitation of Christ - facing the individual.

The Order grew rapidly. Since 1862, the Daughters of the Holy Cross went worldwide in nine countries, India, Pakistan, England, Ireland, Italy, California, and Brazil in 2000 to Cameroon. In Germany they act mainly in the dioceses of Münster, Essen, Cologne and Aachen. Today the Order has about 1,000 nuns and is one of the great female religious orders of the Catholic Church.

The founder Maria Theresia Haze was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1991.

Existing offices in Germany

The medal line for Germany is in house Aspel at Rees on the Lower Rhine. Here, the first German branch was founded in 1851. In Dusseldorf, the Order operated the Theresa Hospital until the second half of the 20th century. In the district of Rath the monastery of St. Joseph is currently still out. The convent and nursing home St. Raphael is located in Aachen.

Former offices in Germany

• Nazareth House in Immerath
• Monastery in Essen-Werden
• Monastery of St. Raphael