{"id":2138,"date":"2026-02-17T20:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:10:12","slug":"as-filhas-da-cruz-no-brasil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/as-filhas-da-cruz-no-brasil\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughters of the Cross in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pirapora de Bom Jesus – 1953-1966<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Daughters of the Cross arrived in Brazil, the \u201cLand of the Holy Cross,\u201d in 1953. Three Sisters arrived together to establish the Congregation\u2019s presence in Brazil: Sisters Madeleine Louise, Louise Marie, and Maria Honorata (Anna Maria). Three months later, the group grew with the arrival of Sisters Marie Noelle and Patricia Joseph, followed later by Sister Anna Josefa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning, the Sisters needed to adapt to Brazilian culture and learn Portuguese. They worked at the Minor Seminary of the Premonstratensian Fathers (Norbertines) and also helped at the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Pirapora, a very busy pilgrimage site. Fourteen priests lived there, along with many seminarians, and numerous pilgrims came to the Sanctuary. We can easily imagine how much work there was in the sacristy \u2014 fourteen Masses were celebrated each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given Brazil\u2019s great missionary needs, the work at the seminary became increasingly frustrating. Well-trained teachers, nurses, and midwives found themselves performing domestic tasks. The Sisters felt a strong desire to engage in work directly with the people. Gradually, they became involved in catechesis for children and young people, as well as sewing and dressmaking courses for poor women in the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They opened a community pharmacy and even took orphaned children into their home, with authorization from the Juvenile Court, until local families offered to take them in. The Sisters remained at the seminary for fourteen years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jardim Europa, S\u00e3o Paulo – 1954 – 1968<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During those years, they established another community in Jardim Europa, in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo. There, they were responsible for a school that is known today as Col\u00e9gio S\u00e3o Norberto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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S\u00c3O PAULO Pirapora de Bom Jesus – 1953-1966 As Filhas da Cruz chegaram no Brasil na “Terra da Santa Cruz, em 1953. Tres Irm\u00e3s chegaram juntas para come\u00e7ar a presen\u00e7a da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o no Brasil: Irm\u00e3s Madeleine Louise, Louise Marie e Maria Honorata(Anna Maria). Tres meses depois, o grupo cresceu com a chegada das Irm\u00e3s Marie Noelle, Patricia Joseph e, mais tarde, Irm\u00e3 Anna Josefa. Logo no inicio as Irm\u00e3s precisavam se inculturar no Brasil e aprender a l\u00edngua portuguesa. Elas trabalhavam no Semin\u00e1rio Menor dos Padres Premonstratenses (Norbertinos), e ajudavam no Santu\u00e1rio de Bom Jesus de Pirapora, um local bastante movimentado. Havia quatorze padres em resid\u00eancia, muitos seminaristas e muitos romeiros que chegavam ao Santu\u00e1rio. Podemos imaginar facilmente o trabalho na sacristia – eram celebradas quatorze Missas cada dia. No contexto das grandes necessidades mission\u00e1rias do Brasil, o trabalho no semin\u00e1rio se tornou cada vez mais frustrante. Professoras, enfermeiras e parteiras bem formadas estavam fazendo trabalhos dom\u00e9sticos. As Irm\u00e3s sentiam o forte desejo de se engajar em trabalhos diretamente com o povo. Aos poucos elas conseguiam se envolver com a catequese das crian\u00e7as e jovens e com cursos de corte de costura para as mulheres pobres do local. Elas abriram uma farm\u00e1cia popular e at\u00e9 acolheram em casa crian\u00e7as \u00f3rf\u00e3s com a autoriza\u00e7\u00e3o do Juizado de Menores at\u00e9 o momento em que as fam\u00edlias locais se ofereceram a acolh\u00ea-las. As Irm\u00e3s ficaram no semin\u00e1rio quatorze anos. Jardim Europa, S\u00e3o Paulo – 1954 – 1968 Durante esses anos elas come\u00e7aram uma outra comunidade em Jardim Europa, na cidade de S\u00e3o Paulo. L\u00e1 elas tinham responsabilidade por uma escola que hoje \u00e9 o Col\u00e9gio S\u00e3o Norberto.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filhas-da-cruz-no-brasil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2138"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2158,"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions\/2158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irfilhasdacruz.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}