DAUGHTERS OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS. - Institution founded at Mornese in 1868 on the initiative of the local parish priest Fr. Peszarino and of the blessed Maria Domenica Mazzarello in a modest building already called the house of the Immaculate Conception, and hence the young women who lived there were called Daughters of the Immaculate Conception.

In 1871 St. John Bosco gave this institution new impetus and new life, making of it a true religious community and calling the young women F. di M. A. The Institute thus became the female branch of the great Salesian institution, and the sisters pursue in the field of the instruction and education of girls the same aim as that of the priests in the male field. It depends directly on the rector major of the Salesians. Its development today is very great, and the sisters, scattered throughout the whole world, number more than 12,000, with more than 1000 houses.

Bibliography

BIBL.: F. Ceria, La b. Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Turin 1938.

Silverio Mattei

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Daughters of Mary Help of Christians

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