The Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection was founded in

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, in 1891 by a widow,

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, and her daughter, Hedwig Borzecka. This was the first time in the history of the

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of women was founded jointly by a mother and daughter."History", Sisters of the Resurrection, Immaculate Conception Province, Chicago
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History

Borzecka had been married about sixteen years when her husband died. She traveled to Rome with her daughters, in the hope of broadening their education. There she met

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of the

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. With his assistance Celine and Hedwig began the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection on January 6, 1891.

Immaculate Conception Province, Chicago

In 1900, the Resurrectionist Fathers invited Borzecka to send some sisters to America. Four Sisters opened a parish school at St. Mary of the Angels in Chicago. Five years later they established a novitiate. In 1912, they opened Resurrection Academy, an elementary and boarding school for girls. In 1915, the novitiate was moved to Norwood Park, and two years later the sisters opened a day care center in the old building for children of working mothers. Resurrection High School opened in 1922. The Province of the Immaculate Conception was established in 1928. The congregation expanded into healthcare in 1953 with the founding of Resurrection Hospital, which became

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New York Province

In September 1926 the sisters opened a nursery for pre-school children in

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near the carpet mills, which soon expanded to a children's home. In 1933

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played a concert to raise funds towards paying off the building. The Resurection Children's Home closed in 1960. The sisters also staffed Mount Loretto Nursing Home.

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opened in Hartsdale, New York in 1959. The sisters were invited to the Diocese of Trenton in 1965, where they opened St. Veronica's School in

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.Rogers, Lois. "Resurrection sisters in Howell celebrate foundress, renew vows", ''Trenton Monitor'', November 2, 2017
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Present day

The Congregation is active in seven countries; the Generalate is in Rome.

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