BIOGRAPHY
Bronisława Dubrowolska ( later Sister Hedwidge de Jesus) was born in 1882 in Kolińce near Stanisławów, Poland. She studied in the Immaculate Virgin Mary/Immaculate Sisters in Jazłowiec between 1893 and 1901. When she finished her education, she secretly went to Paris (contrary to the will of her parents) to enter the Dominican monastery/Missionaries to fulfill her childhood dream of helping lepers. However, a Prior at the Monastery sent her back to Poland, where she took up work as a governess at the Wielowiejski State in Lubcza near Jędrzejów. She was hired as a governess thanks to Felicja Wielowieyska, a nun of the Immaculate Virgin from Jazłowiec, whose brother Stefan Wielowieyski - as she wrote in her letters to the family - tragically lost his wife and was left to raise six minor children. She later took up another position as governess for the Czartoryski Prince in Pełkinia, where her sister Ludwika had previously worked. The Prince's family wished that a person from the Dobrowolski family would take care of their children's further education. |
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BIOGRAPHY
Bronisława Dubrowolska ( later Sister Hedwidge de Jesus) was born in 1882 in Kolińce near Stanisławów, Poland. She studied in the Immaculate Virgin Mary/Immaculate Sisters in Jazłowiec between 1893 and 1901. When she finished her education, she secretly went to Paris (contrary to the will of her parents) to enter the Dominican monastery/Missionaries to fulfill her childhood dream of helping lepers. However, a Prior at the Monastery sent her back to Poland, where she took up work as a governess at the Wielowiejski State in Lubcza near Jędrzejów. She was hired as a governess thanks to Felicja Wielowieyska, a nun of the Immaculate Virgin from Jazłowiec, whose brother Stefan Wielowieyski - as she wrote in her letters to the family - tragically lost his wife and was left to raise six minor children. She later took up another position as governess for the Czartoryski Prince in Pełkinia, where her sister Ludwika had previously worked. The Prince's family wished that a person from the Dobrowolski family would take care of their children's further education. |