{"id":2889,"date":"2026-06-22T14:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osbtutzing.org\/?post_type=where-we-are&#038;p=2889"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:05:07","slug":"brazil-olinda-priory","status":"publish","type":"where-we-are","link":"https:\/\/www.osbtutzing.org\/pt\/where-we-are\/brazil-olinda-priory\/","title":{"rendered":"Olinda Priory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Oh, how beautiful!) the Portuguese sailors are supposed to have exclaimed when they first beheld this hill rising above the lush vegetation and the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The name \u201cOlinda\u201d remains to this day, as well as the ancient colonial style \u201cMisericordia Church\u201d that belongs to our sisters and is visited by many tourists.<\/p>\n<p>The Olinda Priory, located in northeastern Brazil, was founded in 1903. The sisters devoted themselves to the education of youth and soon the St. Gertrude\u2019s Academy (Academia Santa Gertrudes) rose on this hill.<\/p>\n<p>Many young Brazilians joined the sisters, making it possible to found nine more communities, several of them in the interior of the country. 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