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Also known as: Caroline
Gerhardinger
Profile
Working class family. Educated by the Canonesses of Saint Augustine until
1809 when religious orders were closed by decree of the Bavarian
government. Caroline decided to start a new religious order devoted to God
and Christian education. In 1828 the Vatican got concessions from the
Bavarian government, and many religious communities reopened. Caroline and
other sisters moved into a refurbished convent, and started the order that
was to become the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Caroline took the name
Teresa in religious life but was soon called Teresa of Jesus because of
her devotion to the True Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. The
sister's Rule and Constitutions were approved by the Vatican on 23 January
1854 and the Order began to quickly spread. Teresa spent the rest of her
life devoted to the work.
Born
20 June 1797 at Regensberg, Germany as Caroline Gerhardinger
Died
9 May 1879
Beatified
17 November 1985 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
pending
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