The Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, also known as Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, or simply Holy Spirit Sisters (SSpS Latin: Servae Spiritus Sancti) is a religious congregation within the Catholic Church. The group has 4,000 members in 49 different countries. The congregation was founded by Saint Arnold Janssen in 1889 in Steyl, the Netherlands. Janssen selected Maria Helena Stollenwerk (1852 -- 1900) and Hendrina Stenmanns, called Mother Josepha (1852 -- 1903) as first leaders and granted them the title of co-foundresses. Helena Stollenwerk became also the Co-Foundress of the Congregation Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (officially called Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration). Jannsen also founded (in 1875) a male missionary congregation called Divine Word Missionaries.
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