Katharinenschwestern

LC control no.	n 00090923
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Katharinenschwestern *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Congregação das Irmãs de Santa Catarina Congregação das Irmãs de Santa Catarina, Virgem e Mártir Congregación de las Religiosas de Santa Catalina, Virgen y Mártir Congregatio Sanctae Catharinae Congrégation de Sainte-Catherine Congrégation des soeurs de Sainte-Catherine Congrégation des soeurs de Sainte-Catherine vierge et martyre Congregation of St. Catherine Congregation of the Devout Virgins of St Catherine, Virgin and Martyr Congregazione delle suore di santa Caterina vergine e martire Devout Virgins of St. Catherine Kongregation der Schwestern der heiligen Jungfrau und Martyrin Katharina Religiosas de Santa Catalina, Virgen y Mártir Sióstry Świętej Katarzyny Dziewicy i Męczennicy Sisters of St. Catherine Sisters of Saint Catherine, Virgin and Martyr Soeurs de Ste Catherine Schwestern von Dr. Hl. Katharina
Beginning date	1571
Associated country	Germany Poland Lithuania England Finland Brazil Togo
Found in	Neuer Geist sucht neue Formen, c1999: t.p. (Katharinenschwestern) LC database, 06-19-00 (hdg.: Devout Virgins of St. Catherine; usage: Schwestern von Dr. Hl. Katharina; Katharinenschwestern) Geschichte der Kongregation der Schwestern der heiligen Jungfrau und Martyrin Katharina, 1571-1772, 1999: p. ix (founded by Regina Protmann) verso t.p. (... Sióstr Świe̜tej Katarzyny Dziewicy i Me̜czennicy) New Catholic encyclopedia, c1967: v. 12, p. 874a (St. Catherine, Devout Virgins of; or, Sisters of St. Catherine (of Alexandria); founded 1571 by Regina Protmann in Braunsberg, East Prussia (now Braniewo, Poland)) Catholic religious orders, 1957: p. 93 (Congregation of St. Catherine) Les actes du Forum de la vie consacrée, 2015: page 140 (Soeurs de Ste Catherine) Wikipedia, French version, viewed Sep. 5, 2017 (Congrégation de Sainte-Catherine; la congrégation des soeurs de Sainte-Catherine (Congregatio Sanctae Catharinae); after initial house in Braunsberg, houses were opened by founder Regina Protmann in Wormditt, Heilsberg and Rössel to care for the aged and instruct girls; schools opened in the 19th century in Königsberg, Berlin, and Lithuania (former East Prussia); installed in Liverpool in 1866, and Helsingfors (now Helsinki); called to Brazil by Franciscans in 1897 to open schools for children of German immigrants, most numerous today in that country; their last mission was in Togo, opened 1983) Vatican website, Discours du Pape Jean Paul II à la Congrégation des Soeurs de Sainte-Catherine Vierge et Martyre (French version), 12 Dec. 2002, viewed online Sep. 5, 2017: English version (Congregation of the Devout Virgins of St Catherine, Virgin and Martyr) Spanish version (Religiosas de Santa Catalina, Virgen y Mártir; congregación de las Religiosas de Santa Catalina, Virgen y Mártir [all italicized]) Italian version (Congregazione delle Suore di santa Caterina Vergine e Martire) Portuguese version (Congregação das Irmãs de Santa Catarina; Congregação das Irmãs de Santa Catarina, Virgem e Mártir) CatholicSaints.Info website, Blessed Regina Protmann, 18 Jan. 2017, viewed Sep. 5, 2017 (Sisters of Saint Catherine, Virgin and Martyr)