{"id":1911,"date":"2023-02-06T18:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/who-we-are\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:04:46","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"wpex-text-4xl\">Who we are<\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider-dots wpex-mx-auto wpex-last-mr-0 wpex-text-center\"><span class=\"wpex-inline-block wpex-rounded-full wpex-bg-accent wpex-mr-10\"><\/span><span class=\"wpex-inline-block wpex-rounded-full wpex-bg-accent wpex-mr-10\"><\/span><span class=\"wpex-inline-block wpex-rounded-full wpex-bg-accent wpex-mr-10\"><\/span><\/div>[vc_column_text]We Franciscan Sisters of Siessen were founded in 1854 as a subsidiary of the Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen. From this small beginning, a Congregation grew that today has Provinces in Germany, South Africa and Brazil and works in many different ways to ensure that God&#8217;s kingdom can be felt and experienced more and more in our world.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-teaser wpex-flex wpex-flex-col\"><div class=\"vcex-teaser-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/congregational-management\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\" title=\"Kongregationsleitung\"><img width=\"1701\" height=\"1092\" src=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kongregationsleitung-2022-in-D-e1676016841526.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kongregationsleitung-2022-in-D-e1676016841526.jpg 1701w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kongregationsleitung-2022-in-D-e1676016841526-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kongregationsleitung-2022-in-D-e1676016841526-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kongregationsleitung-2022-in-D-e1676016841526-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kongregationsleitung-2022-in-D-e1676016841526-1536x986.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kongregationsleitung-2022-in-D-e1676016841526-1200x770.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1701px) 100vw, 1701px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"vcex-teaser-content\"><h2 class=\"vcex-teaser-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/congregational-management\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\" title=\"Kongregationsleitung\">Congregational Leadership<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"vcex-teaser-text wpex-mt-10 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>If almost 300 women living on three continents in five countries want to form a Congregation and move into the future together, then the commitment and agility of each individual is required, and it needs a lot of Holy Spirit as well as a leadership to accompany this process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/congregational-management\/\"><em>more&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-teaser wpex-flex wpex-flex-col\"><div class=\"vcex-teaser-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/generalate\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\" title=\"Generalat\"><img width=\"533\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Klostergelaende-2023_Gesamt-c-massong.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Klostergelaende-2023_Gesamt-c-massong.jpg 533w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Klostergelaende-2023_Gesamt-c-massong-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"vcex-teaser-content\"><h2 class=\"vcex-teaser-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/generalate\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\" title=\"Generalat\">Generalate<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"vcex-teaser-text wpex-mt-10 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>The Generalate is the place where the threads of the Congregation come together. Its headquarters are at the house St. Angela in Siessen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/generalate\/\"><em>more&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-teaser wpex-flex wpex-flex-col\"><div class=\"vcex-teaser-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/statements\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\" title=\"Statements\"><img width=\"533\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Schwestern.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Schwestern.jpg 533w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Schwestern-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"vcex-teaser-content\"><h2 class=\"vcex-teaser-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/statements\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\" title=\"Statements\">Statements<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"vcex-teaser-text wpex-mt-10 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>You always wanted to know why we like being Franciscan Sisters of Siessen? Watch the videos, then you will know some of the answers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/statements\/\"><em>more&#8230;.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-teaser wpex-flex wpex-flex-col\"><div class=\"vcex-teaser-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/history-of-the-congregation\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\" title=\"Geschichte der Kongregation\"><img width=\"1160\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Klosteranlage-1903.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Klosteranlage-1903.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Klosteranlage-1903-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Klosteranlage-1903-1024x875.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/siessen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Klosteranlage-1903-768x656.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"vcex-teaser-content\"><h2 class=\"vcex-teaser-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/history-of-the-congregation\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\" title=\"Geschichte der Kongregation\">History of the Congregation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"vcex-teaser-text wpex-mt-10 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>A lot has happened since our Congregation was founded in 1854. Here you can find our history in brief or in more detail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/who-we-are\/history-of-the-congregation\/\"><em>more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Who we are [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We Franciscan Sisters of Siessen were founded in 1854 as a subsidiary of the Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen. From this small beginning, a Congregation grew that today has Provinces in Germany, South Africa and Brazil and works in many different ways to ensure that God&#8217;s kingdom can be felt and experienced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1911","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4457,"href":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1911\/revisions\/4457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siessen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}