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| The
Pallottine Missionary Sisters can be found in Missouri, Maryland
and West Virginia. We have three primary apostolates but our
individual ministries differ from sister to sister. |
Pallottine Renewal Center
(PRC) Florissant, MO
The
Pallottine Renewal Center is a retreat house in north St.
Louis County. Groups find this a perfect refuge from the busyness
of daily life. PRC hosts teen and adult groups, Catholic and
non-Catholic organizations.
Also, on the property rests our Provincialate and House of
Formation. |
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AIDG Pottery
AIDG Pottery is one of our newest apostolates opening in 2007. It is a small, one person studio managed by Sr. Lisa Wiese. The studio is located on the property of our retreat house in Florissant. AIDG stands for “Ad Infinitum Dei Gloriam” or All for the Infinite Glory of God, the motto of our founder St. Vincent Pallotti.
Sr. Lisa offers classes and workshops for children and adults as well as works on her own projects and commissions. |
Pallottine Health Services |
 | St. Joseph’s Hospital Buckhannon, WV
On
March 28, 1921, the hospital was opened with ten beds available
for patients. The hospital was very poor. The beds in
the hospital were donated by the doctors. The sisters
however, did not even have their own bed. They used orange
crates and boxes for furniture. Sister Alocoque, a born optimist
stated, “If we can only have one paying patient, we can
make it!” They started with one!
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St. Mary’s Medical Center
Huntington, WV
The
trip from our first home in Richwood, WV to Huntington, WV
was long and winding. Three sisters made the trip by
train with $1000 to help fund the new hospital. This
was a lot of money for 1924. After the trip to Huntington
they had a ride to what was then St. Edward’s College,
however, the money did not arrive with them. There a
couple of stories that explain how the money was returned
to the sisters. One story says that the driver went
back to the train station and found the open briefcase with
the money still intact in the middle of the street. A
second version says that a swallow, a symbol of a good fortune,
flew into the house through a screenless window. The
next morning a man came to the door with the briefcase and
the money after seeing the newspaper ad about the lost money.
With the generosity of many people and a lot of work the sisters
were able to open St. Mary’s Hospital on November 7,
1924. |
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 St. Vincent Pallotti High School
Laurel, MD
St.
Vincent Pallotti High School was originally St. Mildred’s
Academy. The first sisters worked hard to open the academy
doing much of the work themselves with virtually no money.
The sisters lived in expectation of food packages from Huntington
and accepted much help from the people of Laurel. Times were
different in 1934. The tuition for the students then was $1.00
per month/$10.00 per year. Later they raised the tuition to
$2.00 per month. As the school grew St. Mildred’s Academy
was razed and St. Vincent Pallotti High School was established.
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Serving Where Need Exists
The
universal apostolate allows us to serve in a variety of other
ways:
•
Parish work
•
Ministry to the elderly and sick
• Prison Ministry
• Social Outreach |
