OUR PIONEER
A DREAM BEING REALIZED...
Sr. Francisca Feer
Sr. Catherine Muller
Sr. Magdalen Wicky
Sr. Elizabeth Affentranger
The First Four who dared to plunge into the unknown
1927 - Dawn of a New Era
In the History of the Sisters of St. Ann
A DREAM BEING REALIZED...
Rector Wilhelm Meyer had cherished the dream of sending his Sisters to work in the missions for he believed that the mission would bring blessing to the new Society. Fr. Schroter, S.J., an Indian missionary, had remarked in the seminary at Luzern that the Sisters of St. Ann could do much good in India, as they could attend to maternity cases which the other missionary sisters could not do then. Rector Meyer wrote to Bishop Benzinger of Quilon in the year 1911, when he heard that the Bishop had made repeated requests to the Holy Cross Congregation in Menzingen, Switzerland, for Sisters to work in his mission. Rector Meyer received a positive reply but this was still a distant dream since he was seriously ill by then.
When Bishop Rosillon of Visakhapatnam visited the Mother House, he invited the Sisters to open a mission in his diocese in India. On December 7, 1927, 18 years after the founding of the Society of St. Ann, the first batch of four missionaries - Srs. Elizabeth Affentranger, Francisca Feer, Catherine Muller and Magdalen Wicky embarked at Marseilles and arrived at Madras port on December 28, 1927. On December 29 the sisters reached Visakhapatnam, their destination, and Bishop Rosillion received them warmly. They were accommodated initially in the convent of St. Joseph of Annecy to learn English and Telugu and get acquainted with the customs and culture of the people.
Sr. Catherine Muller
Sr. Magdalen Wicky
Sr. Elizabeth Affentranger
The First Four who dared to plunge into the unknown
1927 - Dawn of a New Era
In the History of the Sisters of St. Ann
A DREAM BEING REALIZED...
Rector Wilhelm Meyer had cherished the dream of sending his Sisters to work in the missions for he believed that the mission would bring blessing to the new Society. Fr. Schroter, S.J., an Indian missionary, had remarked in the seminary at Luzern that the Sisters of St. Ann could do much good in India, as they could attend to maternity cases which the other missionary sisters could not do then. Rector Meyer wrote to Bishop Benzinger of Quilon in the year 1911, when he heard that the Bishop had made repeated requests to the Holy Cross Congregation in Menzingen, Switzerland, for Sisters to work in his mission. Rector Meyer received a positive reply but this was still a distant dream since he was seriously ill by then.
When Bishop Rosillon of Visakhapatnam visited the Mother House, he invited the Sisters to open a mission in his diocese in India. On December 7, 1927, 18 years after the founding of the Society of St. Ann, the first batch of four missionaries - Srs. Elizabeth Affentranger, Francisca Feer, Catherine Muller and Magdalen Wicky embarked at Marseilles and arrived at Madras port on December 28, 1927. On December 29 the sisters reached Visakhapatnam, their destination, and Bishop Rosillion received them warmly. They were accommodated initially in the convent of St. Joseph of Annecy to learn English and Telugu and get acquainted with the customs and culture of the people.