聖吳甦樂會與文藻 The Ursulines and the Founding of Wenzao

1922年聖吳甦樂會首次來華在廣東省汕頭地區先後設立孤兒院、小學及中學。1951年被迫離華。1958年來到台灣，陸續在花蓮創辦海星女中、若瑟小學（後更名為海星小學）。1964年，天主教高雄教區鄭天祥主教鑒於高雄為一新興工商業大都市，亟需推展大專教育，培養外語人才，遂邀請聖吳甦樂會來高雄籌設外語專科學校，1966年8月，文藻女子外語專科學校甫創，開始招收第一屆學生，以「加強語文教育、探究真理、溝通文化、服務人群」為教育目標，校名文藻，係為紀念中國第一位中國籍主教─羅文藻主教。1980年回應時代需求開始招收男生，改名文藻外國語文專科學校，1999年改制升格為文藻外語學院，2013年再度改制為文藻外語大學。

In 1922, the Roman Union of the Order of St. Ursula arrived in China for the first time. The Ursuline Sisters founded an orphanages, elementary school and a high school, in Shantou, Guangdong Province. In 1951, the Ursulines were forced to leave China. In 1958, they came to Taiwan and founded Stella Maris Girls’ High School and St. Joseph’s Primary School in Hualien. In 1966, Wenzao Ursuline Junior College of Modern Languages for girls was established in Kaohsiung, with the aim of enhancing language education for communication exchanges between cultures. In 1980, boys were admitted. In 1999, the Junior College was upgraded become Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages. In 2013, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages reorganized into the Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages.

聖安琪─聖吳甦樂會─與文藻─大事紀年

聖吳甦樂會　中華省會
聖吳甦樂會 羅馬聯合會 總會 Ursulines of the Roman Union

In 1870 in Italy, the government began to confiscate Church properties. The monastery of Blois, , came to the aid of the monastery of Rome . Later, they helped once again, this time the monastery of Calvi dell"Umbria, founded by Rome . The Holy See gave approval for a canonical union of Blois-Rome-Calvi.
Then Leo XIII made known to the Ursulines of the world his desire to see them united under a general superior, resident in Rome . On 18th August 1900, Mother St Julien addressed a letter of invitation to all Ursuline communities. In response delegates from 71 houses met in Rome on 15th November 1900.
This was a new stage in the history of the Ursulines: the Roman Union of the Order of St Ursula began.

Over one hundred years later Ursulines of the Roman Union live and work in 36 different countries.