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Diocese of Metz, afterwards missionary to China, for "the propagation of the faith, the ensuring of a Christian education to children, especially those of the rural population, for the care of the sick, and other works of mercy". Approved by the Bishop of Mctz in 1762, and recommended to the solicitude of his clergy, within six years the congregation had ex- ceeded the limits of his diocese and planted itself on the banks of the Vosges. Marie Morel was the first superior. Suppressed in 1792, the congregation was re-established after the Revolution; in 1816 the Rules and Constitutions were formally approved by Louis XVIII. The mother-house general is at St-Jean-de- Bassel, in the Diocese of Jletz, Lorraine, with estab- lishments in Lorraine, Alsace, Belgium, and the United States. There are about 500 sisters in the Diocese of Metz, and .300 in the Diocese of Stras- burg, who direct schools, boarding schools, industrial schools, domestic economy institutes, hospitals, etc. At St-Jean-de-Bassel there is a normal institute de- voted exclusively to the training of the young teachers of the congregation, generally 185 in ninuber, and connected with this institute is a model school, all under the supervision of the educational boards of the German Imperial Government. In Belgium there are about 100 sisters. At Pecq, near Tournai, they direct a normal school and a boarding school. Else- where they have charge of schools and kindergartens. Archives and Unpublished Annals of Congregation: Directoire des S(Eurs de la Providence (St-Germain-en-Laye, 1858); Wey- HN'D, Une ante ap6tre (Metz, 1901); Marchal, Vie de Xl. fAbbc Moye (Paris, 1872).

Sisters of Di\'ine Providence, of Kentuckj', incor- porated American provincial house at Mt. St. Martin's convent, Newport, Kentucky. Mother .A^nna Houln^, superior general (d. 1903) of the congregation suc- ceeded in placing the Sisters of St-Jean-de-Bassel in the foremost ranks of teachers in .\lsace- Lorraine, and then, like Moye, longed to see them labour for the Christian education of youth in America, where she rightly judged the labourers to be few. In 1888 Bishop Maes of Covington, Kentucky, visited the mother-house general at St-Jean-de-Bassel, and ar- ranged to have the sisters introduced into his diocese. Accordingly, in August, 1889, three sisters arrived in Covington and took up residence in one of the histori- cal mansions of northern Kentucky, now known as Mt. St. Martin's convent. The growth of the -Ameri- can branch has necessitated the building of a new convent. In October, 1908, a considerable estate was acquired at Melbourne, Kentucky, the site of a new St. Ann's Convent, where it is designed to erect the new provincial house. Mother Anna visited the American Province in 1892. There are 215 sisters; until 1903 occasional small colonies were added from the mother-house general ; about one-third of the sub- jects are American. At Mt. St. Martin's convent are the novitiate and normal school for the province. Teaching is the primary object of the sisters. They conduct an academy and many parish schools, an infant asjdum, a home for French emigrant and work- ing girls, and a home for the aged. The sisters are working in the dioceses of Covington, Providence, and Cleveland, and the archdioceses of New York, Balti- more, and Cincinnati. Sister M. C.\iiiLLUS.

VT. Sisters of Divine Pro\idence, founded at Castroville, Texas, U. S. A., 1868, by Sister St. An- drew from the mother-house at St-Jean-de-Bassel, Lorraine, at the instance of Bishop Dubuis of Galves- ton. In 1896 the mother-house was transferred to San Antonio. The Constitutions were approved by Pope Leo X, 28 May, 1907. The sisters have charge (1908) of 67 schools" and academies in Texas, Louisi- ana, and Oklahoma. Mother M.\ry Florence.

VII. Sisters OF Di\inePro^tdence OF St. Andrew, founded at Hambourg-la-Forteresse, in 1806, by Fa-

ther .Anton Gapp, "for the Christian instruction of cliildren in the primary schools and higher schools for girls". The congregation received the authorization of the French Government in 1826, antl the mother- house was established at Forbach, Lorraine, but in 1839 was removed to Peltre. Destroyed in 1870 by the flames which swept the whole district, it was re- built after the close of the Franco-Prussian War. The congregation has now in Lorraine 13S institutions, among them 7 liigher schools for girls 20 trade and several housekeeping schools, and 9 hospitals. In Belgium they have 35 foundations. There are alto- gether 900 sisters, who teach 17,000 children in Lor- raine and 4000 in Belgium.

Heimbccher, Die Orden und Kongregationen (Paderbom, 1908), III; Idem in Kirche-nlez., s. v. Vorsehung.

Divine Redeemer, Daughters of the, mother- house at Oedenhurg. Huugarj'; founded in 1863 from the Daughters of the Divine Saviour of Vienna. This congregation has 37 fihal houses and 300 sisters, who conduct schools of all kinds and care for the sick.

Divine Saviour, Society of the, founded at Rome, 8 Dec, 1S81, by Johann Baptist Jordan (b. 1848 at Gartweil im Breisgau), elected superior gen- eral as Father Francis Mary of the Cross. The origi- nal name. Society of Catholic Instruction, was changed some years after its foundation to the present title. The first papal approbation was granted in the " Decre- tumlaudis" of 27 May, 1905. The founder imposed on his congregation, in addition to the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, a fourth of apostolic mission work. The rules and constitutions are based largely on those of the Society of Jesus. The habit is black with a black cincture, in which four knots are tied to remind the wearer of his four vows. In tropical coun- tries the habit is white and the cincture is red.

On 13 Dec, 1889, the newly erected Prefecture .Apos- tolic of Assam was placed in charge of the society, which has now 7 principal antl 32 dependent stations, served by 13 missionaries, aided by 12 native cate- chists. The Fathers have published many books in the Khasi dialect, and since September, 1906, a periodical, " Ka iing Khristan". At Lochau, near Bregenz, a German college was established 15 Sept., 189.3; in the same year a station was founded at Cor- vallis, Oregon, V. S. A.; in 1S96 several members be- gan work in Brazil. .A.t present (1908) missions are given in thirteen languages from the various centres. The Salvatorians have establishments in Italy, Sicily, Austria, Poland, Moravia, Galicia, Hungary, Ger- many, Switzerland, Belgium, England, the United States, Brazil, and Colombia. The congregation numbers 400 members, 175 priests, the rest scholas- tics, lay brothers, and novices, in 35 foundations, of which 28 are Marian Colleges and 7 mission centres.

-Among the periodicals issued by the society, in ad- dition to the "-\postel-kalender" (in German and Hungarian), are the "Nuntius Romanus", "II Mis- sionario" (in German "Der Missioniir", since 1907 "Illustrierte Monatshefte fiirs christl. Haus"; also in Polish), " L'amico dei fanciulli" (in German "ilanna fiir Kinder"; also in Polish), and the " Salvatorian- ische Mitteilungen" (German and Polish), containing reports of the work of the society. Connected with the society are a Third Order for lay men and women; the "-\cademia litteratorum", the members of which co- operate with the fathers in the advancement of Catho- lic knowledge and hterature; the .\ngel Sodahty, founded 8 Dec, 1884, for :;hildren under fourteen, which has as its organ "L'amico d:i fanciulU", and a membership of 40.000.

Sisters op the Divine Saviour, founded 8 Dec, 1888, by Father Jordan, to supplement the work of the Salvatorian Fathers, and placed under the Third Rule of St. Francis. The mother-house is in Rome and