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English translation: sacramental preparation institute/establishment/school

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18:21 Dec 8, 2011

German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / religious instutions

German term or phrase: Kommunikantenanstalt

"... erkläre ich mich gern bereit, die Leitung der von Ew. pp. in Köthen zu errichtenden Kommunikantenanstalt durch Schwestern unserer Genossenschaft zu übernehmen." Source is a letter from 1870 written by the Mother Superior of a Catholic order. I have learned that a Kommunikantenanstalt has something to do with the education of children and was often associated with an orphanage, but do not know how to translate the term. Is it, perhaps, a boarding school?

William Howden KudoZ activity Questions: 5 (none open) Answers: 5
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English translation:sacramental preparation institute/establishment/school

Explanation:

This is a school/facility that prepares children for their First Communion.

"...wird auch Platz geschaffen für eine Kommunikantenanstalt, d.h. hier wurden die Kinder, die in unserer großflächigen Diasporagemeinde weiter entfernt wohnen, auf ihre erste hl. Kommunion vorbereitet."

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