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| The Motherhouse in Paderborn, Germany, as it appears today |
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In the early months of 1849 Pauline completed an outline of the Constitutions (rule) of the new Congregation. On August 21, 1849, Pauline and three other women - Maria Schlueter, Agatha Rath and Mathilde Kothe - became the first four members of a new religious congregation: the Sisters of Christian Charity.
The small Congregation grew rapidly. Realizing that the education of blind children would prove to be a very limited sphere of activity, Pauline widened the scope of their ministry to "embrace men and women of every generation, every social level, every religion, ...rich or poor, infants or the aged." By 1871 there were 250 members of the Congregation serving in 21 foundations.
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