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Blessed Maria Theresia Bonzel (17 September 1830 – 6 February 1905), born Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel, was a Roman Catholic German nun and was the founder of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration. By the time of her death, the order had sisters all over the world, and had established schools, hospitals, and orphanages. Bonzel was beatified in 2013 by Cardinal Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Francis. ==Biography== Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel was born in 17 September 1830, the elder of two daughters of Friedrich Edmund and Angela Maria Liese Bonzel. She was familiarly called "Aline". Her mother sent her to study at the Ursulines in Cologne and it was there that her vocation matured. Her parents were opposed to her desire to enter religious life but she nonetheless entered the Third Order of Saint Francis in 1850. Alongside eight other women she joined and took the name of "Maria Theresia".〔 She established the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration on 20 July 1863.〔(Jones, Kevin J., "Colorado miracle spurs German nun's beatification", Catholic News Agency, April 3, 2013 )〕 During the war years of 1870-71, eight hundred wounded soldiers were cared for by the Sisters from Olpe. During the Kulturkampf, an anticlerical reaction against the growing strength of the Catholic Church, the Sisters were forbidden to receive new candidates. Mother Maria Theresia decided to begin a new foundation in North America.〔("The Life of Blessed Maria Theresia Bonzel", Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, Mishawaka, Indiana )〕 The first missionaries arrived in Lafayette, Indiana, in December 1875 and began their work of caring for the sick. The congregation grew and the Sisters were able to open many new hospitals and schools. Mother Maria Theresia made three separate voyages across the ocean to visit her Sisters in the United States.〔 By 1882 legal restrictions in Germany had eased, and new members were again admitted. Bonzel died on February 6, 1905 at Olpe. The order at the time of her death had 73 branches in Germany and 49 in North America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Theresia Bonzel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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