PICCOLE ANCELLE DEL SACRO CUORE. – Congregation founded in 1916 by Bishop Liviero of Città di Castello.
Purpose: to receive orphans and abandoned children, teach catechism, visit the sick, assist the dying, and open elementary schools and workshops for girls. On 17 May 1938 it received the decree of praise and the temporary approval of the Constitutions. In 1947 the sisters numbered 235, distributed among 45 Houses.
BIBL.: Arch. S. Congreg. dei Relig., C. 135.