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Mother Margaret Farrell George founded the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, in 1852, separating the community from the Sisters in Emmitsburg MD. The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati: were founded on the model of Elizabeth Ann Seton, who founded the first community of religious women, native to the United States. ==History== Catholics were few and far between in Cincinnati and throughout Ohio in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Most were poor Germans, but their number also included many of Swiss and Irish descent. The area around Cincinnati was initially part of the diocese of Bardstown, Kentucky. On 19 June 1821 the diocese of Cincinnati was created with Edward D. Fenwick appointed the first bishop.〔(Metz, Judith S.C. (1996) "The Sisters of Charity in Cincinnati: 1829-1852," ''Vincentian Heritage Journal'': Vol. 17: Iss. 3, Article 4 )〕 In 1829, four Sisters of Charity from Emmitsburg, Maryland traveled 15 days by stage coach to Cincinnati, Ohio at the request of Bishop Fenwick. At that time the Diocese of Cincinnati encompassed the Northwest Territory of the United States (ultimately, the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin).〔("Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati", Vincentian Online Library )〕 The sisters opened St. Peter’s Girl’s Orphan Asylum and School.〔Schwab, Sarah. "Schools: An Irish Education", ''The Irish in Cincinnati'', University of Cincinnati〕 Cincinnati experienced serious cholera epidemics in 1832-33 and in the summer of 1849. In the summer of 1833 alone, Cincinnati averaged forty deaths per day, with the immigrant population most heavily affected. Estimates are that 4 percent of the city's population died during this epidemic.〔 The Sisters responded by providing health care and by caring for the suddenly increased numbers of orphans. In addition to the school and orphanage, they were involved in the “Mary and Martha Society” to visit the sick. After superiors at Emmitsburg decided in 1850 to establish formal affiliation with the Daughters of Charity based in France, seven Sisters in Cincinnati, including Superior Margaret Cecilia Farrell George voted to decline affiliation on the basis that their foundress, Elizabeth Seton, intended that the community she founded be based in America.〔 Sister Margaret George had entered the community at Emmitsburg early in 1812, and had filled the office of treasurer and secretary of the community, teaching in the academy during most of Mother Seton's life.〔(Agnes, Sister Mary (McCann). "Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 7 Jul. 2013 )〕 The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati became an independent diocesan order. Soon after foundation of the diocesan community, the Sisters opened St. Vincent's Asylum for Boys.〔("A Short History of the Sisters of Charity", Emmitsburg Area Historical Society )〕〔(Manchester, D.W., "Right Reverend Louis Amadeus Rappe", ''The National Magazine'', vol.5, No. 6, April 1887 )〕 In 1854 the Sisters founded Mount St. Vincent's Academy, Cedar Grove, in Price Hill, which later became Seton High School. A mission in Dayton, Ohio was established in 1857. In 1920 the Sisters founded the College of Mount St. Joseph in Delhi, the first Catholic college for women in Hamilton County, Ohio. In 1852, Archbishop John Purcell recognized the need for a hospital that would provide care to people who couldn’t afford medical treatment. He bought a 21-bed hospital and turned it over to the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. The hospital, named St. John’s Hotel for Invalids, was the first private hospital in Cincinnati. Within three years, the sisters needed a larger facility, so they moved to a former mansion at Third and Plum Streets. St. John’s Hospital, as it became known, cared for many injured men and women during the Civil War from 1861-1865. When the Civil War broke out, the sisters volunteered as nurses. Over one-third of the community, by then numbering more than 100, saw active service both on the eastern front in Ohio, Maryland and Virginia, and on the western front in Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee.〔("Historical Information", Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati )〕 A request was made from Cumberland, Virginia for nursing assistance, and eight sisters were sent to serve the wounded of both armies. A local banker, Joseph C. Butler, had referred a man with typhoid fever to St. John’s and offered to pay for his care. The Sisters refused to accept payment, and after the war, in 1866, Butler and a friend, Louis Worthington, bought a large facility to present to the sisters on two conditions: that no one be excluded from the hospital because of color or religion, and that the hospital be named “The Hospital of the Good Samaritan,” to honor the sisters’ kindness.〔("About Good Samaritan Hospital", Good Samaritan Hospital )〕 The 95-bed hospital opened in 1866.〔 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「Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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