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4 unusual facts about Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus


Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus

They became established as well in South Africa, where communities were founded at Estcourt, Natal, Durban, Ladysmith, and Pietermaritzburg.

The Blessed Catherine of St. Augustine, O.S.A., who was among the first volunteers to go to Quebec, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1989.

They arrived in Britain in 1902, establishing over the years nursing homes in Waterloo and in Cumbria (1921).

The canonesses' origins were in the 13th century, when a group of women in France joined together to assist the Augustinian Hermit friars who cared for the poor and the sick at the Hôtel-Dieu of the fishing port of Dieppe.



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