Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
SOCIETÀ DELLE FIGLIE DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES (PARIGI). - Founded in Paris in 1872 by Abbé Chaumont and Ven. Carré de Molberg.
It received pontifical approval on 18 Apr. 1911, and has as its special purpose the assistance of all Catholic, diocesan, and parish works, and the missions, under the authority of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
The Institute has no vows. Married women (with the prior consent of their husbands) and widows are also admitted. The greater
SOC. DELLE FIGLIE DI S. F. DI SALES - SOCIETÀ DELLE NAZIONI
(courtesy of the Swiss Tourist Office) SOCIETÀ DELLE NAZIONI - Sede della S. delle N. a Ginevra.Some live in their own families, others in communities with a special rule, each tending to perfection according to her own state. Only those who are free and request it go to the missions. The sisters number more than 5,000 in 50 houses, divided into religious provinces. It also has affiliated groups of indigenous women in the missions, whose Statutes were provisionally approved in 1950.
BIBL.: Arch. S. Congr. dei Religiosi, P. 68.
Agostino Pugliese
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“SOCIETÀ DELLE FIGLIE DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SALES (PARIGI).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), p. 517. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/societa-delle-figlie-di-san-francesco-di-sales-parigi.
