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Luigia Grassi

 In 1860 M. Grassi Luigia sent missionaries to HK

On 28th February 1860 the first six Canossian Missionary Sisters left Italy

Pioneers
Emily Bowring

The first Canossian to take her vows in the Hongkong Missions

Canossian Missions in HK
1860Caine Road
1869Wan Chai
1880Yaumatei
1887Tsim Sha Tsui
1890Shaukiwan (Quarry Bay)
1893West Point
1897Aberdeen
1929Canossa Hospital
1932Honey Ville
1940Kowloon City
1948Ling Yuet Sin
1961Tin Wan
1964Caritas Medical Centre
1981Chi Fu
1989Sai Kung
Canossian Missions in Macau
1876Casa di Beneficiencia
1904Coloane (closed in 1908)
(reopened in 1952)
1907Mongha
1936Escola Canossa Pui Ching
1939Sacret Heart Canossian C.
1960Escola Canossa
 ... to become atoms so that she can spread all over the world to make Jesus known and loved

150thYear Mission in HK

1860
The boundless apostolic spirit found within the Canossian Charism, was manifested in Sr. Luigia Grassi's readiness to respond. At the beginning of 1860, the way for the expansion 'ad gentes' was open for the Canossian Institute.
1860
The six Pioneers, Cupis Lucia, Compagnotti Claudia, Stella Maria, Tronconi Rachele, Giuseppina Testera and Giovanna Scotti, arrived on 12th April of the same year. With daring zeal the first Missionaries, in spite of obstacles set by languages and cultures, started a Portuguese and English School in a house which they borrowed. Soon after they opened an orphanage for Chinese and Eurasian girls.
1860
Emily Aloysia Bowring, a daughter of the governer of Hongkong, Sir John Bowring. She was the first Canossian to take her vows in the Hongkong Canossian missions. Having given her life to the Lord in its fullness, Sr Aloysia Bowring was called home to the Lord at the tender age of thirty seven, having lived as a Canossian Daughter of Charity for ten years.
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