Established in 3 continents and 65 houses
The Bridgettine Order
The sisters teach catechism, run nursery schools, care for the sick, and provide homes for students and old people
Our history
St Bridget of Sweden and Blessed Mother Elisabeth Hesselblad
The Bridgittine Order, or to give it its formal name: Ordo Sanctissimi Salvatoris (O.Ss.S), the Order of the most Holy Saviour, owes its existence to the great 14thcentury Swedish woman and mystic Saint Bridget, whose Feast Day is 23 July, declared co-patroness of Europe by Pope John Paul II in 1999 in recognition of the oustanding relevance of her life message to the people of Europe and beyond today.
St Bridget, born in Sweden at Finsta on 14 June 1303, is widely known for her revelations, her devout life of prayer and self-denial and for the monastic order she founded. She had been married and then widowed, and was the mother of St Catherine of Sweden who became the first Abbess of the Order that was established in Vadstena in Sweden in 1369, where today the mortal remains of St Bridget lie in the ancient Abbey church.
St Bridget spent the last twenty four years of her life in Rome and died at the House in Piazza Farnese which today is the…
