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The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia is an Aston Township, Pennsylvania-based women's religious congregation of the Third Order of Saint Francis founded in 1855 by Maria Anna Boll Bachmann, an immigrant from Bavaria. [1] The congregation is known for its work in education and healthcare.
Neumann University was founded as Our Lady of Angels College with 115 female students in 1965 by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. The name was changed to Neumann College in 1980 in honor of Saint John Neumann, a former Bishop of Philadelphia. [5] Neumann admitted its first male undergraduate students in 1980. [5]
"Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia" were also sent to Buffalo, New York in response to the plea of the Redemptorist priests to serve the people of the rapidly growing city. The community in Buffalo became a separate congregation in the autumn of 1863, the Sisters of St. Francis Third Order Regular of Buffalo (Williamsville Franciscans). [68]
The following year, three communities that trace their origin to the Philadelphia motherhouse, combined to form a new congregation, the "Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities". As of 2023, there were about 322 vowed women religious, serving in 12 states, the District of Columbia, Kenya and Peru. [ 14 ]
In 1918, Misericordia Hospital, now Mercy Philadelphia, was founded by the Sisters of Mercy. St. Mary Medical Center was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis who opened the Philadelphia-based, St. Mary Hospital in 1860. In 1973, the hospital relocated to Bucks County because of a regional need for health services.
Marian University (Indianapolis, Indiana) - Sisters of St. Francis Oldenburg; Neumann University (Aston, Pennsylvania) - Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia; St. Francis College (Brooklyn Heights, New York) - Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn; Saint Francis University (Loretto, Pennsylvania) - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular
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In her early life, Nash dreamed of becoming a missionary in Africa, but in 1959, she arrived in Pennsylvania to join the Sisters of St. Francis, an order founded in 1855 by Mother Francis Bachmann, a Bavarian immigrant focused on social justice. Nash took her Franciscan vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience two years later, in 1961. [1]