Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo

The Borromäerinnen or Sisters of Charity of St.. Charles Borromeo (Latin Sorores Misericordiae Sancti Caroli Borromei; religious symbol: SMCB ) are a Catholic charitable active religious community. The order was in 1652 in Nancy as the Sisters of Charity of St.. Charles Borromeo founded and is divided today into seven independent congregations. Two of them are located in Germany. In Vienna, the St.Carolus Home for the Aged. There live 170 elderly people, accompanied by 12 nuns and 120 employees, and employees, are cared for and maintained. A total of 25 nuns live. In France they are known as Charité - sisters.

History

The history of the Order of the " Sisters of Mercy of Saint Charles Borromeo " goes back to the time of need after the Thirty Years' War. The lawyer Josef Chauvenel in Nancy / Lorraine devoted his life to the poor, sick and destitute, and set up a dispensary for the needy. As in 1651 in Toul plague broke out, he used there, the plague of the Afflicted, infected, however, and died at the age of 31 years. The desire of the deceased according to the father Emanuel Chauvenel led his life's work further when he used his power for the relief of the poor and founded the House of Mercy " Charité ". Some women helped him as a volunteer. According to a document, the first sisters called "Sisters of the Holy Family ", which should mean that they wanted to follow the spirit of Mary, Joseph and Jesus. The actual founding of the order was made on June 18, 1652 in Nancy. In 1662, Emanuel Chauvenel gave the sisters be bigger house " Saint Charles", above the entrance is a statue of St.. Charles Borromeo was. Therefore, the people called the sisters: " Soeurs de Saint Charles Borromeé " ( Sisters of St Charles Borromeo, short Borromäerinnen. ). The Order grew rapidly. He has worked in the medical and elder care, kindergartens, schools and other educational institutions, catechesis, in pilgrimage and recreation centers.

A mother house of more than 300 German Borromäerinnen is located in Trier. It is now called the Motherhouse of the Hospital Borromäerinnen and is now the largest hospital of Trier. The other is in the county, in the Sauerland.

Founded in 1849 as a province of Nancy from, Trier is since 1872 the seat of an independent congregation. Xaveria Rudler served as provincial and later General Superior until her death in 1886, the women's orders.

After Silesia had been made in 1945 Soviet- occupied and under Polish administration, the German, and thus expelled Sisters of independent since 1857 Silesian Congregation went out of the nut house in Trebnitzgrund after Görlitz, from 1948, mostly in the deserted since the secularization of monastery County. Since 1951, this is the general mother house of the Congregation. The sisters are carriers of the renowned monastery county hospital on the grounds of the monastery. In addition to other offices and charitable institutions in Germany this congregation is active in Romania, Israel and Egypt. The few Polish women, but were allowed to remain in Trebnitzgrund thus, lead to the monastery and today there still belong to the same congregation. The contact was made ​​difficult years by the political situation. End of 1945, the nuns of the convent Trebnitzer care in Tost / Upper Silesia ( Toszek ) after the dissolution of the local NKVD camp for survivors and the dying, that had been found and brought to them.

The Protestant equivalent of the Sisters of Mercy are the deaconesses.