Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres
The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC) is a Roman Catholic religious apostolic missionary congregation of pontifical right for teaching, nursing, visiting the poor and taking care of orphans, the old and infirm, and the mentally ill. It was founded in Levesville-la-Chenard, France in 1696.[1]
The interior spirit is a love of sacrifice and labor for the spiritual and temporal good of others. The postulancy lasts from six months to one year, the novitiate two years, after which the sisters take vows annually for three to seven years, and then perpetual simple vows.[2]
History
In 1696, the congregation was founded by Louis Chauvet,[1][3] the parish priest of Levesville-la-Chenard, a little French village, and Marie-Anne de Tilly, a young woman from a noble family. Chauvet enlisted three volunteers. Their first house belonged to Chauvet.
The first superior, Marie Michau, died in 1702, She was succeeded by Marie-Anne de Tilly, who died the following year. In 1708 the small community of sister was entrusted to the Bishop of Chartres, Paul Godet des Marais. The bishop gave them a small house and the Apostle Paul as a patron. The house formerly belonged to a sabot-maker, and this gave them the name of "les Sœurs sabotières de Saint-Maurice", by which they were originally known.[2]
In 1727, the sisters were asked by Louis XV to establish a foreign mission at Cayenne in French Guiana. The congregation was dispersed under the Terror, during the French Revolution, but was restored by Napoleon I,[4] who gave the sisters a monastery at Chartres, which originally belonged to the Jacobins, from which they became known as "les Sœurs de St. Jacques".
Beyond France
The sisters expanded their missionary work to the Islands of Martinique in 1818. They settled in England in 1847 at the invitation of Cardinal Wiseman.
By 1902 they had over two hundred and fifty houses in France where, besides various kinds of schools, they undertook asylums for the blind, the aged, and the insane, hospitals, dispensaries, and crèches. By 1913, more than one hundred and sixty of these schools had been closed, also thirty of the hospitals, military and civil, in the French colonies, three convents at Blois and a hospice at Brie. On the other hand they had in the meanwhile opened five or six hospitals overseas.
In 1904, seven sisters came to the Philippines from Saigon, Vietnam at the invitation of Frederick Z. Rooker, bishop of Jaro. They opened a girls' boarding school in Dumaguete. Over time, they developed St. Paul University System, which became known for training nurses.[5]
Hong Kong
The first Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres arrived in Hong Kong in 1848. Institutions founded by the sisters include:[6]
- St. Paul's Convent School
- St. Paul's Secondary School
- St. Paul's School (Lam Tin)
- St. Paul's Hospital (Hong Kong)
- St. Teresa's Hospital
Core values
- 1. Christ - Christ is the CENTER of a Paulinian's life; s/he follows and imitates Christ, doing everything in reference to Him.
- 2. Charity - urged on by the LOVE OF CHRIST, the Paulinian is warm, loving, hospitable and "all to all", especially to the underprivileged.
- 3. Charism - the Paulinian develops his/her GIFTS/TALENTS to for the service of the community, s/he strives to grow and improve daily, always seeking the better and finer things, and the Final Good.
- 4. Commission - the Paulinian has a mission - a LIFE PURPOSE to spread the Good News; like Christ, s/he actively works to save" this world, and to make it a better place.
- 5. Community - the Paulinian is a RESPONSIBLE FAMILY MEMBER and CITIZEN, concerned with building communities, promotion of peoples, justice and peace, and the protection of the environment.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Fr. Louis Chauvet", Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, Generalate, Rome
- ^ a b Steele, Francesca Maria (1908). "Sisters of Charity" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3.
see penultimate para - Sisters of Charity of St. Paul. These sisters who now add (of Chartres) to their title.....
- ^ "SPC Origins". www.spcphil.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-08.
- ^ "About Us: History - Origins - Sisters of St. Paul Chartres USA". www.sistersofstpaulusa.org. Archived from the original on 2013-11-26.
- ^ Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres, Philippine Province
- ^ St Paul's Convent School website: "Sisters of St Paul de Chartres in Hong Kong"
- ^ "Paulinian Core Values - St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur".
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Steele, Francesca Maria (1908). "Sisters of Charity". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. see penultimate para
; the entry cities:
- Steel, Convents of Great Britain (London, 1902)
External links
- Official website
- Sisters of Saint Paul - Selly Park
- v
- t
- e
- Marist School (Marikina)
- Notre Dame of Greater Manila
- Notre Dame of Abuyog
- Notre Dame of Bago
- Notre Dame Academy of Guimaras
- Notre Dame Academy of Iloilo
- Notre Dame Academy of San Fernando
- Notre Dame of Talisay
(incomplete list)
- Notre Dame – RVM College of Cotabato
- Notre Dame - Siena College of General Santos City
- Notre Dame-Siena College of Polomolok
- Notre Dame - Siena College of Tacurong
- Notre Dame – Sienna School of Marbel
- Notre Dame Center of Catechesis
- Notre Dame Hospital & School of Midwifery
- Notre Dame of Arakan
- Notre Dame of Cotabato
- Notre Dame of Dadiangas University
- Notre Dame of Dukay
- Notre Dame of Dulawan
- Notre Dame of Esperanza
- Notre Dame of Genio Edcor Inc.
- Notre Dame of Isulan
- Notre Dame of Jolo College
- Notre Dame of Kabacan
- Notre Dame of Kalamansig
- Notre Dame of Katiko
- Notre Dame of Kiamba
- Notre Dame of Kidapawan College
- Notre Dame of Kulaman
- Notre Dame of Lambayong
- Notre Dame of Libungan
- Notre Dame of Magpet
- Notre Dame of Makilala
- Notre Dame of Marbel University
- Notre Dame of Masiag
- Notre Dame of Matalam
- Notre Dame of Midsayap College
- Notre Dame of Mlang
- Notre Dame of Parang
- Notre Dame of Pigcawayan
- Notre Dame of Pikit
- Notre Dame of Salaman College
- Notre Dame of Sarmiento
- Notre Dame of Surala
- Notre Dame of Tacurong College
- Notre Dame of Tulunan
- Notre Dame of Upi
- Notre Dame University, Cotabato
- St. Mary's Academy of Kidapawan
- St. Mary's Academy of Midsayap
affiliate schools
- Catholic University of America
- De Mazenod College, Sri Lanka (co-administered by the De La Salle Brothers)
- Iona College Queensland
- Mazenod College, Victoria
- Basilica College
- Mazenod College, Western Australia
- St. Paul University, Ottawa
- University of Notre Dame Australia
- University of Notre Dame, Indiana
- University of Ottawa, Canada
- University of Saint Mary of the Lake
and
juridical jurisdictions
- Augustinian Recollect Sisters (AR)
- Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena (OP)
- Marist Brothers (FMS)
- Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI)
- Oblates of Notre Dame (OND)
- Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM)
- Sisters of Paul of Chartres (SPC)
- Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (PM)
- Archdiocese of Cotabato
- Diocese of Kidapawan
- Diocese of Marbel
- Vicariate of Jolo
- Catholicism portal