Handmaids Conceptionist Of The Divine Heart

ANCELLE CONCEZIONISTE del DIVIN CUORE. – Several pious ladies of the Conference of S. Vincenzo de' Paoli in Seville were called to Coria by their spiritual director, who had been appointed bishop of that city, to carry out works of charity and the education of young women, thus initiating, on 26 July 1885, the new religious institution, which subsequently moved to Malaga and from there to Seville. Other houses were opened in various cities of Spain, and today they number 13, with more than 250 religious. Silverio Mattei