TERTIARIES. - Religious communities living according to the proper rules of the principal ancient Orders, which were already divided into two branches: the First Order (male religious) and the Second Order (female religious).
1. T. CAPPUCCINE DELLA SACRA FAMIGLIA (Valencia)
Founded in 1885 at Masamagrell (diocese of Valencia, Spain) by Msgr. Luigi Amigò. Purpose: care of the sick, education of youth in nurseries, schools and orphanages. Temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1902, definitive in 1913. They number 561 sisters in 91 houses in Spain, Colombia and Venezuela (M. Ramo, Luis Amigò, Madrid 1950).
2. T. CAPPUCCINE DEL SACRO CUORE (Catania)
Founded at Roccalumera (diocese of Messina) in 1895 by Msgr. Fr. Maria Di Francia. Purpose: education of girls in orphanages, boarding schools, nurseries, etc. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1943. They number 250 sisters in 20 houses. Generalate house at Catania (Arch. d. Casa gener.).
3. T. CAPPUCCINE DI LOANO (Genoa)
Founded in 1885 at Loano (diocese of Albenga) by Anna Maria Rubatto (in religion, Sister M. Francesca di Gesù). Purpose: care of the sick at home and in hospitals; instruction of poor girls. Decree of praise in 1910; temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1916, definitive in 1928. They number 687 sisters in 70 houses in Italy and South America. Generalate house at Genoa (Arch. d. Casa gener.; Teodosio da Voltri, Madre Franc. M. Rubatto, Genoa 1944).
4. T. CAPPUCCINE DI SAN FRANCESCO D'ASSISI (Fortaleza, Brazil)
Founded at Belém do Pará in 1904 by the Capuchin Giampietro da Sesto S. Giovanni, and aggregated to the Order in 1908. Purpose: works of charity and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1951. They number 244 sisters in 21 houses in Brazil. The generalate house is at Fortaleza (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., F, 46).
5. T. CARMELITANE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (Autun)
Founded in 1870 at St-Martin Belleroche by Léontine Farre. Purpose: education of sick children and religious and moral formation of girls in the missions. Decree of praise in 1908, definitive approval of the Constitutions in 1927. They number 324 sisters in 26 houses. The generalate house is at Autun (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., F, 15).
6. T. CARMELITANE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (Barcelona)
Founded at Barcelona in 1878 by Teresa Toda y Juncasa. Purpose: instruction of working youth, care of orphans and the elderly. Decree of praise in 1902; definitive approval of the Institute in 1910 and of the Constitutions in 1925. They number 144 sisters in 12 houses. Generalate house at Barcelona (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 80).
7. T. CARMELITANE DI SANTA TERESA (TERESIANE) (S. Martino a Campi Bisenzio, Florence)
Founded at S. Martino a Campi Bisenzio in 1874 by Teresa Manetti (in religion, Mother Teresa Maria della Croce). Purpose: instruction of youth in nurseries, private and municipal elementary schools, middle schools, vocational and commercial schools, colleges, workshops. Decree of praise in 1900, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1904, definitive in 1911. They number 440 sisters in 43 houses in Italy, Lebanon and Palestine. Generalate house at S. Martino a Campi Bisenzio (Arch. d. casa gener.; Stanislao di S. Teresa, La vita della serva di Dio, madre Teresa M. della Croce, Rome 1950).
8. T. CARMELITANE DI SANTA TERESA (Turin)
Founded at Marene (archdiocese of Turin) in 1894 through the work of Mrs. Adele Sinaglia. Purpose: education of youth in nurseries, schools, orphanages; care of the sick at home and in hospitals. Aggregated to the Order in 1925. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1933, definitive in 1941. They number 270 sisters in 20 houses. The generalate house is at Turin (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., T, 77).
9. T. CARMELITANE SCALZE (Tarragona)
Founded at Grausa (diocese of Barcelona) in 1866 by the Discalced Carmelite Francesco Palau y Quer. Purpose: education of youth and care of the sick at home and in hospitals and clinics. Decree of praise in 1893, approval of the Institute and of the Constitutions in 1906. They number 525 sisters in 35 houses in Spain and Latin America. The generalate house is at Tarragona (Arch. d. S. Congr. di Relig., T, 32).
10. T. DI SAN FRANCESCO DI SUSA (Susa)
Founded at Susa in 1882 through the work of Msgr. Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz. Purpose: education of girls and children in nurseries, orphanages, etc.; care of the sick at home and in hospitals. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1934, definitive in 1942. They number 273 sisters in 37 houses in Italy and abroad. Generalate house at Susa (Turin) (Arch. d. casa gener.).
11. T. DOMENICANE DEGLI ANGELI CUSTODI (Ragusa)
Founded at Curzola by the Dominican G. Mishow. In 1905 the Institute was aggregated to the Dominican Order. Purpose: education of youth and care of the elderly and the sick. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1928. They number 150 sisters in 21 houses. The generalate house is at Ragusa (Yugoslavia) (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., R, 68).
12. T. DOMENICANE DELLA CONGREGAZIONE DELLA REGINA DEL S.MO ROSARIO (S. Francisco). - Founded at S. Francisco in 1853 by the Bavarian Benedictine Bonifacio Wimmer. Purpose: education of youth. Approval of the Constitutions and of the Institute in 1898. Updating to the Code in 1947. They number 567 sisters in 24 houses in America. Generalate house at New Burgh (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., N, 68).
13. T. DOMENICANE DELLA CONGREGAZIONE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL ROSARIO (Rodez)
Founded at Bor (diocese of Rodez) by some Dominican T. in 1851; in 1859 the generalate house was transferred to Monteils. Purpose: education of youth and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1891, approval of the Constitutions in 1897. They number 637 sisters in 50 houses. The generalate house is at Rodez (Arch. d. S. Congr. di Relig., R, 35).
14. T. DOMENICANE DELL'ANNUNZIATA (Vich)
Founded at Vich in 1856 by Fr. Francesco Coll. Purpose: education of youth and works of charity. Decree of praise in 1898, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1907, definitive in 1910. They number 1520 sisters in 120 houses. Generalate house at Vich (Spain) (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., V, 49).
15. T. DOMENICANE DELLA SANTA CROCE (Seattle)
In 1853 Mother Agostina Neuhierl of the convent of the Holy Cross in Ratisbon, with 3 other sisters, moved to Brooklyn and founded a monastery there. In 1859 a second house was opened in New York and in 1866 the new Institute was declared independent. Purpose: education of youth in parochial and higher-grade schools, and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1934. They number 156 sisters in 15 houses. The generalate house is at Everett (Arch. d. casa gener.).
16. T. DOMENICANE DEL SACRO CUORE (Catania)
Arising from the foundation of 4 houses of Dominican T. through the work of the Dominican Timoteo Longo, between 1886 and 1891, in the diocese of Noto. In 1906 they were aggregated to the Order of Preachers, and in 1922 erected as an autonomous Congregation. In 1923 the generalate house and the novitiate were transferred to Catania. Decree of praise in 1939. They number several houses in Italy and particularly in Sicily (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., N, 40).
17. T. DOMENICANE DEL SACRO CUORE DI HUSTON (Galveston)
Founded in 1882 at Somerset (Ohio) by Mother Maria Agnese Magevny. Purpose: schools and care of the sick, in clinics and hospitals. Approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1934, definitive in 1943. They number 273 sisters in 21 houses. Generalate house at Huston.
18. T. DOMENICANE DEL S.MO E IMMACOLATO CUORE DI MARIA (Belley). - Founded in 1860 by Mother Maria Teresa Domenica Fassy at Bong (diocese of Belley). Purpose: care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1872, aggregated to the Dominican Order in 1933. They number 54 sisters in 4 houses (Arch. di S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 48).
19. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS (San Francisco)
Founded in 1850 at Benicia (California) by Msgr. Joseph Alemany, Archbishop of San Francisco. Purpose: education of youth, in colleges, boarding schools, academies.
20. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY (Havana)
Founded by the Dominican teaching Tertiaries of Cette (diocese of Montpellier) who, having fled from France at the time of the suppressions, opened a house in Havana (Cuba) and in 1908 erected themselves into an autonomous Institute. In 1909 they were aggregated to the Dominican Order. Purpose: education of youth. Decree of praise in 1928. They number 100 sisters in 10 houses. The generalate house is in Havana (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., A, 53).
21. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY OF MELEGNANO (Milan)
Founded in 1821 at Casolate (diocese of Lodi) by the priest Francesco Fiazza. Purpose: education of youth, especially the poor and abandoned. They were approved first by the Bishop of Lodi and then in 1857 by the Archbishop of Milan. They number 471 sisters in 21 houses. Generalate house in Milan (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 116).
22. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ARENBERG (Trier)
Founded in 1868 in the diocese of Trier through the work of two Dominican sisters belonging to a Swiss monastery. Purpose: education of youth and care of the sick in hospitals and in private homes. Decree of praise in 1914. They number 846 sisters in 29 houses. The generalate house is at Arenberg (diocese of Trier) (Arch. d. S. Congr. di Relig., T, 54).
23. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF GRANADA (Granada)
Founded in 1915, their origin however goes back to 1701, when Sister Giuliana de Santa Inés Gonzales Sampedro founded the "Beaterio" of the Third Order of St. Dominic. Purpose: education of youth in parish schools. Aggregated to the Dominican First Order in 1915. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1931. They number 151 sisters in 11 houses (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., G, 57).
24. DOMINICAN TERTIARY SISTERS OF NANCY
Founded at Nancy by Mother Rose Lejeune who united into a single Congregation all the Dominican sisters scattered throughout France, under the guidance of Fr. Lacordaire. Purpose: education of youth in schools, etc. Decree of praise in 1867 (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., N, 1).
25. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF NEWCASTLE (Westminster)
A branch detached from the house of Oakford (Natal), which had made itself independent from the Congregation of Dominican Tertiaries of King-williamstown, who came from the monastery of Augsburg (Bavaria). The new Congregation established itself at Newcastle in 1891. Purpose: instruction of youth. Decree of praise in 1911, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1913. They number 344 sisters in 23 houses (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., N, 27).
26. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF RACINE (Milwaukee)
Founded by three sisters of the Second Order of St. Dominic, professed in the monastery of the Sacred Heart in Regensburg (Bavaria), in 1862 they emigrated to the diocese of Milwaukee. In 1877 they were aggregated to the Third Order of St. Dominic. Purpose: education of youth. They number 576 sisters scattered throughout North America (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 81).
27. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA (Albi)
Founded at Albi, Tarn (France), in 1852 by Mother Gérine (in the world Françoise Catherine Fabre). Purpose: education of girls and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1901, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1926, definitive in 1933. They number 415 sisters in 29 houses in France, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. Generalate house at Albi (Arch. d. casa gener., A, 33).
28. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA (Bogotá)
Founded at Bogotá in 1880 by the Dominican Saturnino Gutierrez. Purpose: education of girls and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1912. They number 450 sisters in 36 houses. The generalate house is in Bogotá (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 83).
29. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA (Braga)
Founded at Braga (Portugal) in 1866 by the noblewoman Teresa de Salvanha Oliveira. Purpose: education of the children of the people. Approval of the Constitutions by the Patriarch of Lisbon in 1887, definitive in 1896. They number 470 sisters in 24 houses. The generalate house is in Lisbon (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., L, 43).
30. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA (Haarlem)
Founded in 1841 by six young Dominican Tertiaries at Rotterdam. Purpose: teaching poor girls and care of the sick. In 1906 they were aggregated to the Third Order of St. Dominic. Decree of praise in 1924, approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1933. They number 829 sisters in 29 houses in Holland, Curaçao and the Dutch East Indies. Generalate house at Haarlem (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., H, 3).
31. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN (Speyer)
They arose, as cloistered nuns, in the 13th century, and belonged to the Second Order of St. Dominic. Suppressed by the French Revolution, in 1826 they obtained permission to pass to the Dominican Third Order and in 1887 their Constitutions were approved. Purpose: education of youth. They number 250 sisters in 9 houses (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., S, 12).
32. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN OF BETHANY (Besançon)
Founded at Besançon in 1867 by the Dominican Giovanni Giuseppe Lataste. Purpose: care and rehabilitation of fallen women. Decree of praise in 1902; approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1910. They number 300 sisters in 9 houses. The generalate house is at Besançon (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 64).
33. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (Seattle)
Founded in 1888 at Pomeroy (Washington) by Mother Mary Thomassina. Purpose: education of youth in parish schools, colleges and academies. Decree of praise and approval of the Constitutions in 1937. They number 189 sisters in 20 houses. The generalate house is at Marymount, Tacoma (Washington) (Arch. d. Casa gener.; Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., S, 24).
34. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SÈVRES (Meaux)
Founded in Paris in 1852 by Sister Maria Rosa of the Most Holy Heart of Jesus and by the Dominican Fr. L. Aussantl. In 1860 the generalate house passed to Sèvres (diocese of Versailles). Purpose: education of youth. Decree of praise in 1869; approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1880, definitive in 1910. They number 219 sisters in 13 houses. The generalate house is today in Rome (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., V, 27).
35. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SPRINGFIELD (Springfield)
Founded at Springfield in 1873 by Sister Sandomenico. Purpose: teaching in kindergartens and schools, and care of the sick in hospitals and private homes. Decree of praise in 1929, approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1938. They number 490 sisters in 56 houses. Generalate house at Springfield (Illinois) (J. M. Graham, Dominicans in Illinois, Springfield s. a.).
36. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF WIELOWIES (Tarnów)
Founded in 1861 at Wielowies (diocese of Przemyśl) by the noblewoman Rosa Biatecka (in religion Sister Colomba). Purpose: education of youth in popular schools and orphanages. Decree of praise in 1885, approval of the Constitutions in 1911. They numbered, in 1940, 176 sisters in 16 houses. Generalate house at Tarnów (Przemyśl) (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., P, 38).
37. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS (Gozo)
Founded at Gozo in 1883 by Bishop Msgr. Giuseppe Pace. Purpose: education of youth and works of assistance. Decree of praise in 1937, and definitive approval in 1946. They number 407 sisters in 29 houses (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., G, 31).
38. T. ALCANTARINE FRANCISCAN SISTERS (Rome)
Founded in 1869 at Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) by the canon Vincenzo Gargiulo and by Luigia Russo (in religion Sister Agnese of the Immaculate). Purpose: education of girls, especially orphans, care of those in danger and of the fallen, assistance to the sick in hospitals. Decree of praise in 1894, definitive approval of the Institute and of the Constitutions in 1903. They number ca. 1000 sisters in 110 houses in Italy and in Brazil. Generalate house in Rome (Arch. d. Casa gener.).
39. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY (Malaga)
Founded at Antequera (Malaga) in 1884 by Mrs. Maria Gonzales Ramos. Purpose: education of youth in schools, nurseries, etc. Decree of praise and approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1902, definitive in 1938. They number 203 sisters in 22 houses spread throughout Spain. The generalate house is at Malaga (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 71).
40. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF BLESSED ANGELINA (Rome)
Founded at Foligno in 1395 by Bl. Angelina of the counts of Marsciano. Purpose: instruction of young girls. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1915, definitive in 1923. They number 72 sisters in 8 houses, all in Italy. Generalate house at Rome (Arch. d. casa gener.).
41. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF CHARITY (Buenos Aires)
Founded in 1880 at Buenos Aires by Mrs. Mercedes Guerra. Purpose: education of youth, care of the sick in hospitals and nursing homes. Decree of praise in 1908, approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1909. They number 302 sisters in 24 houses, all in Argentina. The generalate house is at Buenos Aires (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 69).
42. FRANCISCAN TERTIARY SISTERS OF THE DIVINE SHEPHERDESS
Founded at Madrid in 1868 by Anna Fontebberta. Purpose: education of youth. Approval of the Holy See in 1899; aggregated to the Order of Friars Minor in 1906. They number 572 sisters in 37 houses (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Rome 1929, p. 224).
43. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE MOST PURE CONCEPTION (Cartagena)
Founded at Murcia in Spain in 1878 by the Franciscan Francesco E. Malo with the approval of the bishop. Purpose: care of orphans and care of the sick, especially those with contagious diseases. Decree of praise in 1900, approval of the Institute and of the Constitutions in 1903. They number 196 religious in 21 houses, all in Spain (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., C, 43).
44. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE MOST PURE CONCEPTION (Mexico)
Founded in Mexico by Fr. Refugio Morales and Sister Maria of Jesus Crucified. Purpose: education of youth and works of charity in clinics and hospitals. Decree of praise in 1947. They number 291 sisters in 32 houses. The generalate house is in Mexico (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 143).
45. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE MISSIONS (Cordoba)
Founded at Cordoba (Argentina) in 1878 by Fr. F. Porcen and Mother Transito Cabanillas. Purpose: education of youth and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1901, approval of the Constitutions in 1902. They number 243 sisters in 23 houses. The generalate house is at Cordoba (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., C, 45).
46. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (Barcelona)
Founded at Barcelona in 1859 by the Franciscan Raimondo Boldin. Purpose: education of youth. Approved by the Holy See in 1900. In 1907 they were aggregated to the Order of Friars Minor. They number 245 sisters in 17 houses in Spain, Morocco, Argentina and Uruguay (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Rome 1929, p. 229).
47. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (Valencia)
Founded at Valencia in the 14th century as regular Tertiaries with papal enclosure, in 1902 they became an Institute with simple perpetual vows. Purpose: education of youth and care of the sick. They number 375 sisters in 31 houses. Generalate house at Valencia (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Rome 1929, p. 237).
48. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF ALLEGANY (Buffalo)
Founded at Allegany (Buffalo) in 1895 by Giuseppe Todd, Brigida Talen and Teresa O'Neil under the direction of Fr. Panfilo da Magliano. Purpose: education of youth in nurseries, schools, etc. and care of the sick. Approved by the Holy See in 1913. They number 469 sisters in 31 houses, all in America (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Rome 1929, p. 424).
49. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE CHILD JESUS (Assisi)
Founded at L'Aquila in 1879 by Sister Maria Giuseppa of the Child Jesus (in the world Barbara Micarelli). Purpose: education of youth, especially of poor girls, care of the sick and missions. Decree of praise in 1910, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1911, definitive in 1922. They number 1200 sisters in 104 houses in Italy, Peru, Cyrenaica and Belgium. The generalate house is S. Maria degli Angeli (Perugia) (Arch. d. casa gener.).
50. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF MARY IMMACULATE OF JOLIET (Joliet)
Founded at Joliet (diocese of Chicago) in 1865 by the Franciscan Panfilo da Magliano. Purpose: education of youth. Approved in 1881 by Bishop Msgr. Duggan. Temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1901, definitive in 1912. They number 627 sisters in 56 houses, especially in North America. Generalate house at Chicago (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., C, 56).
51. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF REFUGE (Guadalajara)
Founded at Guadalajara in Mexico by the Franciscan Pasquale Avelar. Purpose: rehabilitation of fallen women and care of the sick in hospitals and nursing homes. Approved by the bishop in 1920; decree of praise in 1939. They number 176 religious in 18 houses. Generalate house at Guadalajara (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., G, 81).
52. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF ST. FELIX OF CANTALICE (Cracow): v. SUORE DI SAN FELICE DEL TERZ'ORDINE DI SAN FRANCESCO (CRACOVIA).
53. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH (Buffalo)
In 1896 the house of the Sisters of St. Charles of Poland existing at Pittsburg (U.S.A.) was suppressed and the sisters took charge of the parochial works of Trenton and later gave rise to a new Congregation which in 1909 was aggregated to the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1928, definitive in 1936. The generalate house is at Buffalo (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 114).
54. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF ST. ANTHONY ON THE MONTI (Naples)
Founded at Naples in 1822 by the servant of God Sister Maria Luigia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an Alcantarine. The Congregation was at first called the "Solitarie Alcantarine." Approval and revision of the Constitutions in 1921. Purpose: education of youth, boarding schools for young ladies and residences for elderly ladies. They number 104 sisters in 11 houses. Generalate house at Naples (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., N, 51).
55. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF ST. ONOPHRIUS (Rimini)
Founded at Rimini in 1882 by the noblewoman Faustina of the Counts Zavagli (in religion Sister Maria Teresa of Jesus Crucified). Purpose: education of youth in nurseries, boarding schools, orphanages, workshops, assistance to Catholic Action. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1944. They number 133 sisters in 27 houses, all in Italy. Generalate house at Rimini (Arch. d. Casa gener.; Bonaventura da Faenza, Istituto delle Suore Terziarie Francescane di S. Onofrio di Rimini, Faenza 1939).
56. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF SYRACUSE (Syracuse)
Founded in 1860 by the bishop of Albany. Purpose: direction of orphanages, boarding schools, hospitals and leprosariums. Decree of praise in 1914, approval of the Constitutions in 1923. They number 433 in 42 houses. The generalate house is at Syracuse (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., S, 30).
57. T. ELIZABETHAN FRANCISCAN SISTERS (Padua)
Founded at Padua in 1828 by the servant of God Elisabetta Vendramini and by the priest Luigi Maran. Purpose: charitable works. Decree of praise in 1910; temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1913 and in 1918, definitive in 1924. They number 1458 sisters in 159 houses in Italy, Egypt and Libya. Generalate house at Padua (Arch. d. Casa gener.).
58. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS MINISTERS OF THE SICK (Münster)
Founded at Münster in Westphalia in 1850 by Fr. Giovanni Giorgio Müller. Purpose: care of the sick in hospitals and at home. Approved by the Holy See in 1901, they received approval of the Constitutions in 1934. Forced by the Kulturkampf to emigrate from Germany, they moved to other parts of Europe and to America. They number 2921 sisters in 172 houses. The generalate house is at Münster (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Rome 1929, p. 250; Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 69).
59. T. FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF THE LILY (Assisi)
Founded in 1902 by Fr. Antonio Giuseppe Marcheselli. Purpose: works of apostolate in nurseries, schools, orphanages, clinics, etc. Definitive approval of the Constitutions in 1934. They number 365 sisters in 30 houses (Arch. d. Casa gener.).
60. T. FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART (Udine)
Founded in 1861 at Gemona del Friuli (Udine) by the duchess de Baufremont and by Fr. Gregorio Fioravanti. Purpose: education of youth and missions. Decree of praise and approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1894, definitive in 1905. They number 931 sisters in 100 houses in Italy, Europe, America and the East. The generalate house is in Rome (Arch. d. casa gener.).
61. T. MERCEDARIAN SISTERS OF THE CHILD JESUS (Cordoba)
Founded at Cordoba in Argentina in 1887. Purpose: education of youth in schools, nurseries, etc. Decree of praise in 1931, approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1940. They number 128 sisters in 13 houses, all in Argentina (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., C, 88).
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