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About us:
The title, “Sisters of Notre Dame of Coesfeld,” distinguishes
our congregation from the many other Sisters of Notre Dame. On Süring
Street in Coesfeld, Hilligonde Wolbring and Elisabeth Kühling gathered
the first group of needy children whose parents were unable to care for them.
As the number of children grew, St. Annathal, a large estate that was a former
convent became their new home on April 2, 1850. In 1950, the centennial year
of the congregation, Mother Mary Vera, superior general of
the congregation at that time, purchased an estate across the street from the
site of war-damaged St. Annathal to serve
as the
provincial center of the Coesfeld province and to re-establish our congregation
in Coesfeld. A new provincial house was constructed, called “Kloster
Annenthal” (in remembrance of the old “St. Annathal”), where
the sisters have been living since 1978.
Ministries include:
- Care of the elderly
- Communications
- Counseling
- Education
- Food service
- Formation for religious life
- Health care
- Homes for students, working women
- Homes for children and youth
- Hospice work
- Hospital pastoral ministry
- Kindergartens
- Pastoral ministry
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