Congregation of St. Hedwig

        Congregation of St. Hedwig  –  Sister Marie-Grazyna Elzbieta of St. Augustine, C.S.S.H.       of the Immaculate Virgin Mary Mother of God                                                                                                  Congregatio Sororum Sanctae Hedvigis ab Immaculata Virgine Genetrice Maria                                                                       “One Heart and One Soul In God”                                                                                                                  “Man is the yearning of God”

Founder:  Venerable Robert Spiske  (The “Apostle of Love”)                                                        Founding Sisters:  Sister Maria Augustina Douallier, Sister Maria Pauline Resler,                                                              Sister Maria Sidonie Tschischwitz, and Sister Maria Wenzel

Place:  Wroclaw, Poland

Year:  1859 A.D.

Her Charism:  Under the patronage of St. Hedwig of Silesia and Our Lady, this Sister follows the Rule of St. Augustine while clinging to Christ in her thoughts and with her heart.  With an emphasis on active charity and gratitude toward God, she is willing to pay every price for growth in God’s love in the Eucharist and Scripture, in the practice of prayer and asceticism, and concentration in radical poverty.  She lives in the perpetual pursuit of peace and dedication to serving others in humility and unconditional fidelity as modeled by the Immaculate Virgin.  An educator and bridge-builder in relation to God and between all people, she works especially with children and adolescents who are abandoned and impaired in their social, emotional, and cognitive development and need help.  The elderly sick are included.  As a beloved of God, she passes His love to others and overlooks no one.