In 1994, the order was divided into two provinces. On 28th August 1994, the province of Germany (including St. Vith) was founded, followed by the province in India on 19th November of the same year. Both provinces have an autonomous management but are, at the same time, under the jurisdiction of the General Team in Heisterbach, Königswinter.
Since 2002, the Generalate of the cooperative is located in the former convent Heisterbach.
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At the time of this regionalisation, the Indian province had twelve branches with a total of 100 sisters who had taken their vows. The German province of the time also had twelve convents with 233 sisters.
Since then, the sharp decline in the number of sisters in Germany has led to the closure of further convents, to a re-structuring of facilities and to a relinquishing of institutions. In order to be able to keep some of the facilities, jurisdiction was passed on to the newly founded "Foundation of the Cellites e.V." in 2001. This foundation had been specifically called to life for this purpose and has its seat in Kartäuserhof/Severinsstraße in Cologne.
A sign of the continuous change taking place within the community was almost certainly the election of an Indian Superior General. The General Chapter's choice of Sister M. Celine Kizhakeveliyil in November 2007 meant that, for the first time, an Indian was given the leadership over the entire congregation - as successor to Sister M. Wiltrud Möring, who had died six months earlier.
The 1st January 2001 was certainly one of the most important days in the eventful history of the congregation. The sisters passed responsibility for the work they do, which had been started in 1838, to the Foundation of the Cellites e. V. and thus into the hands of the lay.
This foundation is now the body responsible for three catholic hospitals in the city of Cologne. In addition, the foundation manages the charitable Marienborn GmbH, with a psychiatric specialist hospital and attached social-therapeutic facilities as well as centres and nursing homes for the elderly. The foundation is also active in the care of children and training young adults.
The foundation considers its mandate and responsibility to lie in the continuation of the charitable welfare tasks in accordance with the motto of the founders: "Just be there".
Giving up a job which has been founded through unconditional devotion and blessed by God is a prototype of Christian existence. It is based on the words of Jesus:
"one sows and the others reap"
(John. 4,38)
Organisation chart of the Stiftung der Cellitinnen e.V. (PDF, 120 KB, in German)
1838
Foundation of the Bürger Hospital. On 19th November, the Feast of St. Elisabeth, the Mother Superiors of the Cellinnen convent in Antonsgasse and Kupfergasse, Cologne, received a letter from the church authority asking them to send nurses to the Cologne Bürger Hospital. As a result, 4 sisters started working in the Cologne Bürger Hospital for the poor.
1864
St. Josefs Convent in Zündorf, renamed in 1974 to St. Martin Home for the Elderly
1869
Purchase of the house Severinstrasse 53 and foundation of mother house in Cologne.
1874
St. Augustine Hospital, known as Severinsklösterchen, Cologne
1882
St. Josef-Convent St. Vith, Belgium1882-1968
Many new social activities like nursing and welfare homes etc. are taken over in more than 40 houses in Cologne and the surrounding areas. There are as many as 1,300 sisters in the congregation.
1882–1968
Numerous new nursing and welfare task were taken on in more than 40 houses in Cologne and the area. There are as many as 1,200 sisters in the order.
1883
Convent Maria Hilf Bornheim, since 1988 Home for the Aged 'Maria Hilf'.
1888
Psychiatric Clinic, Marienborn, Convent Hoven
1891
Diocesan Seminary, Colgone
1894
Herz-Jesu Convent Königsdorf, since 1982 St. Augustine Home for the Aged
1905
St. Agatha Hospital Cologne-Niehl
1909
St. Antonius Hospital Cologne-Bayenthal
1917
Herz-Jesu Convent Nettersheim, since 1978 Haus Tannenblick
1918
Convent Heisterbach, Königswinter
1964
Spreading to India
1967
St. Augustine Hospital, Kumily / Kerala
1972
Nirmala Boarding, Sendhwa / M.P.
1977
St. Augustine Nivas, Bangalore/Karnataka
Elisabeth Sadan, Sendhwa / M.P.
1979
St. Josepf Convent,
Anavilasam, Kerala
Pushpa Nivas, Pendarnia / M.P.
1980
Karuna Hospital, Sendhwa / M.P.
1981
India becomes a region
1982
Augustine Bhavan, Amaravathi / A.P.
1983
St. Augustine Convent, Adackathode / Kerala
1988
150th anniversary,
Our Motto: "Just Be There"
1989
Augustine Sadan, Pedapadu / A.P.
1992
Keerthi Nilaya, Pansemal / M.P.
Mahila Vidyashram Vihar, Khandwa / M.P.
St. Augustine Convent, Punasa / M.P.
1993
Mahila Vidyashram Vihar, Khandwa / M.P.
St. Augustine Convent, Punasa / M.P.
1993-2001
Missionary activities in the Philippines
1994
Foundation of the German and Indian provinces
1997
St. Augustine Convent, Gurubasha / Assam
Haus Monika, Germany
1999
St. Augustine Hospital, Chapaguri / Assam
St. Augustine Convent, Kuttimoola / Kerala
2000
Handing over the administration to the 'Stiftung der Cellitinnen e.V.'
2002
The General administration is shifted to the convent in Heisterbach
2016
Transformation of the Germany Province into a region.
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