{"id":65769,"date":"2025-07-28T09:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/our-history\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:30:53","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Our History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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A History of Hospitality Since 1881 <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The Congregation of The Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was founded on May 31, 1881, in Ciempozuelos, Madrid (Spain), by Saint Benito Menni, a priest of the Order of Saint John of God, together with Mar\u00eda Josefa Recio and Mar\u00eda Angustias Gim\u00e9nez. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Open to the Spirit, they were chosen by God to respond to the situation of medical neglect and social exclusion faced by women with mental illness at the time. <\/p>

Two guiding principles shaped the beginnings and continue to be fundamental in the practice of hospitality: charity and science.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Benito Menni, Mar\u00eda Josefa Recio, Mar\u00eda Angustias Gim\u00e9nez, and an initial group of eight sisters devoted themselves to addressing the needs of an underserved sector of society: women with mental illness. In this way, they offered the feminine face of hospitality. <\/p>

The lack of means, financial resources, and healthcare facilities could only be compensated by the generous dedication of the sisters and the invaluable support of collaborators, benefactors, and volunteers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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