<P> The Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit , also known as Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters , or simply Holy Spirit Sisters ( SSpS Latin : Servae Spiritus Sancti ) is a religious congregation within the Catholic Church . The group has 4,000 members in 49 different countries . The congregation was founded by Saint Arnold Janssen in 1889 in Steyl , the Netherlands . Janssen selected Maria Helena Stollenwerk ( 1852 -- 1900 ) and Hendrina Stenmanns , called Mother Josepha ( 1852 -- 1903 ) as first leaders and granted them the title of co-foundresses . Helena Stollenwerk became also the Co-Foundress of the Congregation Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters ( officially called Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration ) . Jannsen also founded ( in 1875 ) a male missionary congregation called Divine Word Missionaries . </P>
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Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit