Praha 1, Kongregace Milosrdných sester sv. Karla Boromejského
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They arrested Mother Bohumila

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Helena Nováková decided to join Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo after World War II. The convent in Prague’s Lesser Town was led by the General Abbess of the order, Mother Žofie Bohumila Langrová who got in several conflicts with the communist regime, including due to the regime’s attempts at eliminating order sisters’ major role in the care for the weak and sick. Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo worked at the Pod Petřínem Hospital. “Mother Bohumila was an energetic, intelligent and fearless woman. At the time, many priests were forced to work with the Auxiliary Battalions where they could not serve holy mass. They would come to us on Sunday afternoons as visitors to the sick and did secret services. They got something to eat and a little cash too. The Abbess was not afraid to oppose Minister of Health Plojhar. She spoke at a public meeting of order sisters discussing the state salaries based on qualifications and years served. That would mean equal monetary allowances to everyone, but sisters perceived the move as an attempt at disrupting and eliminating the order community: ‘If you receive the state salary, you are a state employee and the state has the right to send you wherever it chooses.’ She anticipated arrest after the turbulent meeting,” Helena recalled. Mother Bohumila was also in contact with catholic intellectuals, priests, and journalists who tried to educate young people. P. Otto Mádr, by then sought by the StB, and many other priests intending to leave the country illegally were active in the group. Mother Bohumila was arrested on 25 January 1952.

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Helena (Richardis) Nováková

Helena (Richardis) Nováková

Helena Nováková was born December 3, 1928 in Rozseč near Nová Říše. Her father was a teacher. The family soon relocated and Helena began attending school in Malý Pěčín near Dačice. She then studied at Otakar Březina's Grammar School in Telč. The grammar school was closed down during the war, and she therefore went to continue her studies to Třebíč. She was also a member of the Orel sports movement. She remembers the circumstances of the Munich conference, the Czech-German relations in the Highlands region, and the first postwar days in Dačice. After the war she went to a convent, where she first taught physical education in the convent school. She also began studying the Pedagogical Faculty. In 1949 she received her nun's habit and name - Sister Richardis. The Boromei convent in Malá Strana in Prague was headed by Mother Superior Bohumila Žofie Langerová, who was arrested at the end of January 1952, with Father Josef Zvěřina. The trial took place in March 1952 in Brno. In her narration she mentions Father Josef Zvěřina, Father Oto Mádr, doctor Broj, chaplain Kubát, and many others. She also talks about the communist pressure against the Church. Sister Richardis was working in the hospital in Tábor, later she was transferred together with other sisters to a factory near Trutnov, (Texlen factory in Libeč). She worked there for 3 years. Later she helped as a housekeeper. In 1968 she attended a course for catechists in Olomouc. For some time she also lived in Moravské Budějovice, (St. Anthony House), and Znojmo, (Charity home Znojmo-Hradiště). She now lives in Prague.

Praha 1, Kongregace Milosrdných sester sv. Karla Boromejského

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V polovině 19. století zakoupily dva malé domky pod strahovskou zahradou sestry z Kongregace Milosrdných sester sv. Karla Boromejského a vybudovali zde nemocnici. Sestry se staraly nejen o nemocné, ale působily také ve školách a různých sociálních ústavech v Praze i dalších českých a moravských městech. Po převzetí moci komunisty v roce 1948 byl v Československu vliv církve násilně omezen. V prosinci roku 1951 byla zatčena generální představená řádu sv. Karla Boromejského Matka Bohumila. Spolu s ní i kněz Josef Zvěřina. Asi tři týdny se skrýval u sester boromejek v nemocnici Pod Petřínem i kněz Otto Mádr, který byl zatčen v lednu 1952. V noci ze 14. na 15. srpna 1952 musely sestry svou činnost v nemocnici Pod Petřínem ukončit. Majetek kongregace byl zestátněn. Staré sestry byly soustředěny do charitních domovů a mnoho mladých sester bylo vyvezeno do pohraničí, kde pracovaly v textilních továrnách. Kostel ještě deset let sloužil k bohoslužebným účelům, ale dne 2. září 1962 byl uzavřen. Po roce 1989 byl kostel opět vrácen Kongregaci (23. dubna 1990) a roku 1992 zrekonstruován.

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