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• Little Sisters of the Poor —     Little Sisters of the Poor     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Little Sisters of the Poor     An active, unenclosed religious congregation founded at St Servan, Brittany, 1839, through the instrumentality of Abbé Augustin Marie Le Pailleur. To two… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Little Sisters of the Poor — The Little Sisters of the Poor is a Roman Catholic religious order for women. It was founded in the 19th century by Jeanne Jugan near Rennes, France. Jugan felt the need to care for the many impoverished elderly who lined the streets of French… …   Wikipedia

• Little Sisters of the Assumption — The Little Sisters of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in France in 1865 by Antoinette Fage and Father Etienne Pernet.The declared work of the congregation is the nursing of the sick poor in their own homes. This labour… …   Wikipedia

• Little Sisters of the Assumption —     Little Sisters of the Assumption     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Little Sisters of the Assumption     A congregation whose work is the nursing of the sick poor in their own homes. This labour they perform gratuitously and without distinction of …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged — bezeichnet mehrere gleichnamige, im NRHP gelistete, Objekte: Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged (Minnesota), ID Nr. 78001540 Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged (Tennessee), ID Nr. 85001608 Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Little Sisters of the Poor — Little Lit tle (l[i^]t t l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative of this word, littler and littlest, are often used as comparatives of the sense small; but in the sense few, less, or, rarely, lesser is the proper comparative and least is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged — Infobox nrhp | name =Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged nrhp type = caption = location= Minneapolis, Minnesota lat degrees = 44 lat minutes = 59 lat seconds = 56 lat direction = N long degrees = 93 long minutes = 15 long seconds = 55… …   Wikipedia

• Assumption, Little Sisters of the — • A congregation whose work is the nursing of the sick poor in their own homes Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Little Brothers of the Gospel — a Roman Catholic congregation of religious brothers inspired by the life and writings of Charles de Foucauld. [ [http://www.nccfcommunity.org/subpages/story.aspx?action=8 National Catholic Community Foundation] ] [… …   Wikipedia

• Sisters of the Little Company of Mary — • A congregation founded in 1877 in England to honour in a particular manner the maternal Heart of the Blessed Virgin, especially in the mystery of Calvary Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sisters of the Little Company of Mary      …   Catholic encyclopedia