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The Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament is a
Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 17 Aug. 2015 At the time of the French Revolution the religious were driven out of their monasteries, but after the restoration of peace, the order was re-established. It thence again spread it branches over many parts of France. The sisters serve primarily through ministries of prayer, Christian education, and health care.Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Victoria Texas
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/ref> The Brownsville community operates the Villa Maria Language Institute. In 1866 a second group, again led by Mother St. Claire, left Brownsville to establish a foundation in
/ref> In 1926, seven Irish-born Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament responded to the Bishop of Omaha's, appeal for teachers. However, Nebraska allowed only American citizens to teach in their schools, so the sister were invited to Cleveland, Ohio by Archbishop Joseph T. Schrembs. Upon their arrival in May 1927, the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine gave the sisters a home for several months. In September 1927, the sisters were asked by Schrembs to teach at Annunciation School in Brook Park. They opened Incarnate Word Academy on September 11, 1935.
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The Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament is a Catholic religious order
In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute.
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founded in the early part of the seventeenth century by Jeanne Chezard de Matel
Jeanne Chézard de Matel (6 November 1596 – 1670) was a French mystic who founded the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, whose rule and constitution were approved in 1633 with the principal objective of youth education.
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The order was founded by Jeanne Chezard de Matel. Its principal object was the education of youth. The first house was founded at Lyons, France, foundations being subsequently established at Avignon, Paris, and various other places in France. The rule and constitutions of the order were approved in 1633 byPope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII ( la, Urbanus VIII; it, Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in July 1644. As po ...
, and confirmed in 1644 by Innocent X.Antoinette, Mother. "Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament." The Catholic EncyclopediaVol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 17 Aug. 2015 At the time of the French Revolution the religious were driven out of their monasteries, but after the restoration of peace, the order was re-established. It thence again spread it branches over many parts of France. The sisters serve primarily through ministries of prayer, Christian education, and health care.Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Victoria Texas
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United States
In 1852, French-born BishopJean-Marie Odin
Jean-Marie Odin, C.M., (February 25, 1800 – May 25, 1870) was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans from 1861 to 1870.
Odin previously served as the first ...
of Galveston, Texas
Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, is the county seat of surrounding Galvesto ...
visited France to obtain religious for his far-off mission. A group headed by Mother St. Claire Valentine, left Lyons for the United States, and arrived in New Orleans in May, 1852. There they stayed temporarily with a Carmelite community there, before sailing to Galveston, Texas, where they received seven months of instruction in English and Spanish. From there they traveled on the troop ship ''Lone Star'', to Point Isabel and on to Brownsville, arriving February 26, 1853. In time, eighteen more Sisters arrived from France, England, Mexico and Germany. In 1857 they were able to open a school for the poor.Sisters of the Incarnate Word, Parma Heights, Ohio/ref> The Brownsville community operates the Villa Maria Language Institute. In 1866 a second group, again led by Mother St. Claire, left Brownsville to establish a foundation in
Victoria, Texas
Victoria is a small city in South Texas and county seat of Victoria County, Texas. The population was 65,534 as of the 2020 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 as of the 2000 censu ...
. After a few years, the house in Victoria sent out members to begin foundations at Corpus Christi, Houston, and Hallettsville. The Victoria community runs a retreat center at Amor Meus Spirituality Center.
In January, 1932, the communities of Brownsville and Corpus Christi were united, with the Motherhouse being in Corpus Christi.
The Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
Congregation of the Incarnate Word was founded in 1873, and Incarnate Word Academy was opened as a boarding school in January 1874. Although no longer taking boarders, IWA remains the oldest permanent Catholic School in the city of Houston.Congregation of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Houston, Texas/ref> In 1926, seven Irish-born Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament responded to the Bishop of Omaha's, appeal for teachers. However, Nebraska allowed only American citizens to teach in their schools, so the sister were invited to Cleveland, Ohio by Archbishop Joseph T. Schrembs. Upon their arrival in May 1927, the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine gave the sisters a home for several months. In September 1927, the sisters were asked by Schrembs to teach at Annunciation School in Brook Park. They opened Incarnate Word Academy on September 11, 1935.
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Mexico
In 1903, sisters from Brownsville were sent to Tula, Tamaulipas at the request of Filemón Fierro, Bishop of Tamaulipas. Upon his death shortly thereafter they move to Gómez Palacio, Durango. Six postulants joined them from Ireland. By 1914, during the Mexican Revolution, the community decided to leave the country, and move to the United States. They arrived first in Arkansas, and later on moved to Cuba, where they established several schools. in 1921 M. Mary of the Sacred Heart Hord returned to México with a number of sisters the rest of the Sisters and established a convent in Gómez Palacio, Durango. Their school was closed during the time of theCristero War
The Cristero War ( es, Guerra Cristera), also known as the Cristero Rebellion or es, La Cristiada, label=none, italics=no , was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico from 1 August 1926 to 21 June 1929 in response to the implementa ...
, but was re-opened in 1932 as the Colegio Villa de Matel, Incorporado. The community continued to grow and in 1981, the Community of Tepehuanes, Durango was established.
See also
*Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word is the name of two Roman Catholic religious institutes based in the U.S. state of Texas. They use the abbreviation C.C.V.I. ( la, Congregatio Caritatis Verbi Incarnati).
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Incarnation literally means ''embodied in flesh'' or ''taking on flesh''. It refers to the conception and the embodiment of a deity or spirit in some earthly form or the appearance of a god as a human. If capitalized, it is the union of divinit ...