Our Founding Generation

Bl. Josepha, Hendrina Stenmanns

Co-Foundress, The Mission Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Spirit

Loving God, we thank you for having gifted us with Mother Josepha. We praise you for her loving heart and motherly care for all, especially for the poor, the sick and the needy - an expression of the Father's compassion for humankind, made visible in the life and mission of Jesus Christ. Mother Josepha's love for your Spirit made her a woman of outstanding sensitivity and simplicity, with a deep longing for your will alone; offering herself totally for the mission of your Son. Open our hearts to see your presence everywhere and to listen to the cries of the world for love and life, so that, like Mother Josepha, we become ever more your missionaries, with hearts ever ready for you and your people at all times and all places. - Amen

Bl. Josepha's Story

"My greatest wish is to do what God wants of me and to be where he would have me."
Birthdate

Hendrina was born in Issum, Germany.

Entrance

She arrived in Steyl, Holland and there she waited for the foundation of the Mission Congregation.

She became a postulant and after some time began her novitiate.

She made the first vows. Hendrina was given the name Josepha.

In Remembrance

Mother Josepha passed away.

Beatification

She was "beatified" (called Blessed) by the Church.

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