Elisabeth Hesselblad
Elisabeth Hesselblad foeddes 1870 I Sverige. 1888 emigrerade hon till USA och utbildade sig till sjukskoeterska vid Rooseveltuniversitetet. Hennes avsikt var att bli laekare, men hon insjuknade och ansags obotlig. Hon konverterade till katolicismen 1902. Tva ar senare reste hon till Rom. 1911 grundade hon en foersamling kallad Birgittasystrarna i Rom. Idag har foersamlingen sitt saete i Casa di Santa Brigida.
Sa smaningom fick Elisabeth starta en orden, en svensk gren av Birgittasystrarna. Den blev mindre straeng, nagot som behoevdes foer att kunna verka i Sverige. 1923 oeppnades klostret med vilohemmet i Djursholm.
Under andra vaerldskriget arbetade Elisabeth Hesselblad i Rom med att skydda foerfoeljda judar. Hon dog 1957 i Casa di Santa Brigida. 1987 tog paven initiativ till att starta helgonfoerklaringsprocessen foer Elisabeth. 2004 fick Elisabeth Hesselblad en hedersutmaerkelse foer sitt arbete under andra vaerldskriget.
Elisabeth Hesselblad
Maria Elisabeth Hesselblad was born in 1870 in Sweden. 1888 she migrated to USA and was educated to become a nurse at Roosevelt University. Her plan was to become a medical doctor, but she fell ill and was considered fatally ill. She became a Catholic in 1902 and in 1911 she founded a new congregation called Birgittasystrarna( the sisters of Bridget) in Rome, where she had been living for some years.. Today the congregation is housed in Casa di Santa Brigida.
As time passed Elisabeth was allowed to start a Swedish branch of the sisters of Bridget. It was less harsh than the original branches, something that was necessary to be able to become established in Sweden. 1923 a monastery was opened in Djursholm, Sweden.
During WW2 Elisabeth Hesselblad worked in Rome to protect Jewish people who were harassed. She died in 1957 in Casa di Santa Brigida. In 1987 the Pope initiated the process to proclaim Elisabeth a saint. In 2004 Elisabeth Hesselblad received an honorary mention from Israel for her work during WW2.
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