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The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary are a Roman Catholic centralized religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women founded by Mother Mary of the Passion (born Hélène Marie Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville, 1839–1904) at Ootacamund, then British India, in 1877. The missionaries form an international religious ...
The congregation is now called the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The work of the sisters continued to spread through the continent of Africa, expanding to West Africa, and then to both North America and to South America as well as to Asia. In 2019, the community celebrated the 100 anniversary of the ...
The Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows was founded in China in 1939, by Bishop Rafael Palazzi, an Italian Franciscan missionary. [82] Due to the Communist takeover, the Sisters were forced to flee from the motherhouse in Hengyang, Hunan, to Hong Kong. After several years as refugees, the community came to the United States ...
The Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa was founded in 1952 by Mary Kevin of the Sacred Passion (born Theresa Kearney, County Wicklow, Ireland). It was intended as an offshoot from the Mill Hill Sisters, with the purpose of focusing on the African missions. The sisters work in Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, America, Ireland ...
The Missionary Sisters remained at St. Bonaventure until the 1960s. At that point, they moved the administration of the congregation to the novitiate in Paterson. In the United States, besides New Jersey, they serve in California, Maine, New Mexico, Texas and Washington, D.C. [3]
The Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word started in 1987, and are now a Public Clerical Association of the Faithful. Franciscans International [56] is a Non-governmental organization (NGO) with General Consultative status at the United Nations, uniting the voices of
Pages in category "Congregations of Franciscan sisters" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. ... Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King;
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity; Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist; Franciscan Sisters of Mary; Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration; Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart; Society of the Atonement, Roman Catholic, formerly Episcopal, Franciscan religious society; Third Order of Saint Francis. Missionary Sisters of the ...