Hendrina Stenmanns
Feast: 20 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Josepha Hendrina Stenmanns was born at Issum, Germany, on 28 May 1852, the eldest of seven children. As a child she visited the poor and suffering with her mother, and after school she helped support the family as a silk weaver.
She became co-foundress of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A silk weaver who helped found a missionary congregation of sisters.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Arnold Janssen Saint“Hendrina Stenmanns, SSpS (Josefa in religion; 28 May 1852 - 20 May 1903) was a German Catholic religious sister who co-founded the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, which she founded alongside Arnold Janssen and Helena Stollenwerk.” — Wikipedia
- Helena Stollenwerk Blessed“Helena Stollenwerk, SSpS (28 November 1852 - 3 February 1900) was a German Catholic religious sister who collaborated with Arnold Janssen and Hendrina Stenmanns and co-founded the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Josepha Hendrina Stenmanns
- Wikidata Q84649 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hendrina Stenmanns (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.