Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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The Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, acronym H.S.C.,^[1] is an institute of consecrated life established in 1881 by the Italian priest St. Benedict Menni (1841–1914).

It is devoted to poor sick people, especially the mentally handicapped, and the elderly.

History

The congregation was founded on 31 May 1881, in the psychiatric hospital of Ciempozuelos, near Madrid, by Father Benedetto Menni (1841-1914), a friar of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, assisted by two nuns from Grenada (María Josefa Recio and María Angustias Giménez).^[2]

Bibliography

Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2007, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2007. ISBN 978-88-209-7908-9.
Guerrino Pelliccia e Giancarlo Rocca (curr.), Dizionario degli Istituti di Perfezione (10 voll.), Edizioni paoline, Milano 1974–2003.