1. Women’s Groups in the Counter Reformation
By Justin Kang and Dan Rincon

2. Topics discussed will be…
Company of St. Ursula
Visitation of Holy Mary
Mary Ward

3. Company of St. Ursula
Began in 1535 in Northern Italy, was founded by Angela Merici
Free of male supervision, gave women spiritual and material freedom
After the Council of Trent, the Company of St. Ursula gained power, they spread to northern Italian cities and prospered in the forms of secular, conventual, and congregated

4. Company of St. Ursula (cont.)
At the end of the century (1535), the Company of St. Ursula spread to France
From France, the number of people in the Company of St. Ursula increased in numbers, thus, the institute gradually became a enclosed teaching religious order
In Italy and France, the Company of St. Ursula became a pioneering institute for women’s education and women’s rights/roles

5. Company of St. Ursula (cont.)
The institute developed when it was associated with the Tridentine bishops’ ideas for the re-Christianization of society
Missionaries began in France and spread all throughout Europe, where they continued to pursue their educational duty towards women
By the 19th century, the Company of St. Ursula strengthened their missionary spirit and presence in all of Europe and around the world
They still live on today, they operate in the U.S.

6. Mary Ward Was born in 1585, lived until 1645
Established the “Sisters of St. Clare” in 1611, in order to bring all English novices together
Left the order in 1612 to find a house of “English ladies” at Saint-Omer
After taking head, she opened other houses in Liege, Cologne, Trier, Rome, Naples and Perugia, Munich and Vienna, Pressburg and Prague

7. Mary Ward (cont.)
The order functioned as boarding schools, day schools, and seminaries
To support the converts, Protestants of England, Mary Ward created clandestine centers that connected London and north Yorkshire through a series of networks
They still operate today in multiple countries such as the U.S.

8. Citations
Works Cited
"Mary Ward and Her Female Society of Jesus in Counter-Reformation England" ["Mary Ward and Her Female Society of Jesus in Counter-Reformation England"]. Cairn.info, CNL, her-female-society-of-jesu.htm. Accessed 9 Nov
Oct. 2016, xml. Accessed 9 Nov