Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Stella Maris Institute in Switzerland where Pius XII Vacationed


The Institute Stella Maris at Rorschach, near St. Gallen, on Lake Constance.

This convent was a young ladies' academy and retreat house where clergy went to recuperate from bouts of ill health. The complex was run by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. This is where the future Pius XII met Sr. Pascalina in 1917. In 1930, the future Cardinal Spellman stayed here.

Visit today when on pilgrimage to St. Gallen: the old property is located on Müller-Friedbergstrasse, 34, in the resort town of Rorschach.

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  1. http://misterioekaterinenburg.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html

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  2. http://www.phsg.ch/web/campus/hochschulgebaeude/stella-maris.aspx

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