Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ

The Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ (PHJC) is a female congregation of the Catholic Church.

The Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ American Province has its motherhouse in Donaldson, Indiana.

Pope Francis confirmed her canonization, which was celebrated on 14 October 2018 in Saint Peter's Square.

[2] On this date Katharina Kasper took the vows of celibacy, obedience and poverty before the bishop of Limburg, Peter Joseph Blum.

All were located in the diocese of Westminster: The London and Walthamstow stations were destroyed in World War II.

[4] On 8 August 1868 the first eight sisters left Dernbach (Prussia) to sail for the US from Le Havre, (France).

St. Roch's Sanatarium for consumption opened in 1899; Holy Family Hospital in La Porte, Indiana in 1900.

[6] The sisters were introduced to the local community by Edward Koenig, pastor of St. Paul's Church at Fort Wayne.

In 1937, the Poor Handmaids established Ancilla College as an extension of DePaul University to train candidates and novices.

The Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ is an international congregation of apostolic women religious within the Roman Catholic Church.

They minister with the poor, the sick and children in Germany, the Netherlands (1859), United States (1868), England (1876), India (1970), Mexico (1988), Brazil (1993), Kenya (2000), and Nigeria (2006).

[8] With prayer and community living as their foundation, they minister in rural, urban and inner city settings in the Midwest (USA).