Congregation of the Holy Ghost
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The name Congregation of the Holy Ghost applies to five Catholic Congregations: the Holy Ghost Fathers and four female congregations.
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[edit] Holy Ghost Fathers
The Congregation of The Holy Spirit and Immaculate Heart of Mary (known more simply as the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, or in Latin, Congregatio Sancti Spiritus, C.S.Sp.) is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests, lay brothers, and since Vatican II, lay associates. Congregation members are known as Spiritans on Continental Europe, and as the Holy Ghost Fathers in English-speaking countries, although even there, they are becoming known as Spiritans. A Spiritan priest or brother has the abbreviation 'C.S.Sp.' after his name.
[edit] Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit
This congregation was founded in Brittany, in the year 1706, by two pious ladies, Renée Burel and Marie Balavenne, under the direction of a zealous missionary, Father Leuduger. Its principal object was the education of children; but it also undertook all kinds of charitable work.
The congregation developed rapidly, and the "White Sisters", as its members were called, from the colour of their habit, became very numerous all over the north-west of France. It suffered the fate of all religious societies at the Revolution; but it quickly recovered, and increased a hundredfold during the course of the nineteenth century. The iniquitous French anti-congregation legislation of 1902 has caused the congregation to disperse. While still in possession at its mother-house at Saint-Brieuc, in Brittany, and in several other of its houses in France, in the face of bitter persecution, several hundreds of the Sisters of the Holy Ghost have gone to England, Belgium, and the United States. The late Bishop Tierney invited them to his Diocese of Hartford in 1902, and from there they have already spread to Springfield, Providence, Fall River, Burlington, and Ogdensburg. There are 22 houses at present in these several dioceses and over 200 sisters. The provincial house is at Putnam, CT.
[edit] Sisters of the Holy Ghost (Dubuque)
This congregation was founded in 1890, by the late Most Rev. John Hennessey, Archbishop of Dubuque, its object being twofold, the cultivation of devotion to God the Holy Ghost and the education of youth.
The mother-house is in St. Anthony's parish, West Dubuque, Iowa.
[edit] Sister-Servants of the Holy Ghost
This congregation was founded at Steyl, Holland, in 1889, by the late Very Rev. Father Janssen, as auxiliary to his other foundation, the Society of the Divine Word. It was introduced into the United States in 1901, and has a convent at Techny, Illinois and a school for Negro children at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
[edit] Sisters of the Holy Ghost
This congregation was first established in 1886 at San Antonio, Texas.
In the early 20th century, it had two houses, one at San Antonio, and the other at Victoria, Texas.
[edit] Sources and external links
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia. [1]
