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First Lutheran
Deaconesses in North America, 1849
The first Lutheran deaconesses were brought
to North America in 1849 by the Rev. William A. Passavant....more
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Deaconess - No Marriage Allowed
The Milwaukee Deaconess Motherhouse, founded
in 1893, originally affiliated with Passavant’s Pittsburgh Synod....more |
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Immanuel Deaconess Hospital Funded in 1885
Photograph of a typical ward at the Immanuel
Deaconess Hospital....more |
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Sister Emma Francis, First
Deaconess of Color in America
Deaconesses also participated in the Women’s
Missionary Societies’ conventions....more |
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Lutheran General Hospital
The Chicago hospital referred to in the
accomplishments for Sister Ingeborg Sponland is now Lutheran General
Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois....more |
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Sister Ester Brose, Primary School Teacher
Deaconesses also continue to work in fields
of parish work, education, social work and foreign missions....more |
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50th Anniversary of Lutheran
Deaconesses
The ELCA has also been
served by deaconesses who were trained by the Lutheran Deaconess
Association....more |
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First (Joint)
Conference of Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses
Training of deaconesses in North America was begun by several
Lutheran church bodies, at several different motherhouses....more |
