TERTIARIES. – Religious communities living according to the rules proper to the principal ancient Orders, which were already divided into two branches: First Order (religious men) and Second Order (religious women).
1. T. CAPUCHIN SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY (Valencia). – Founded in 1885 at Masamagrell (diocese of Valencia, Spain) by Mgr. Luigi Amigò. Purpose: care of the sick; education of the young in nurseries, schools, and orphanages. Temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1902, definitive approval in 1913. They number 561 sisters in 91 houses in Spain, Colombia, and Venezuela (M. Ramo, Luis Amigò, Madrid 1950).
2. T. CAPUCHIN SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART (Catania). – Founded at Roccalumera (diocese of Messina) in 1895 by Mgr. 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. General motherhouse at Catania (Arch. d. Casa gener.).
3. T. CAPUCHIN SISTERS OF 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 in their homes and in hospitals; instruction of poor girls. Decree of praise in 1910; temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1916, definitive approval in 1928. They number 687 sisters in 70 houses in Italy and South America. General motherhouse at Genoa (Arch. d. Casa gener.; Teodosio da Voltri, Madre Franc. M. Rubatto, Genoa 1944).
4. T. CAPUCHIN SISTERS OF ST FRANCIS OF 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 general motherhouse is at Fortaleza (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., F, 46).
5. T. CARMELITE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH (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 general motherhouse is at Autun (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., F, 15).
6. T. CARMELITE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH (Barcelona). – Founded at Barcelona in 1878 by Teresa Toda y Juncasa. Purpose: instruction of working-class 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. General motherhouse at Barcelona (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 80).
7. T. CARMELITE SISTERS OF ST TERESA (TERESIANS) (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: education of the young in nurseries, private and municipal elementary schools, secondary, vocational, and commercial schools, colleges, and workshops. Decree of praise in 1900, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1904, definitive approval in 1911. They number 440 sisters in 43 houses in Italy, Lebanon, and Palestine. General motherhouse 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. CARMELITE SISTERS OF ST TERESA (Turin). – Founded at Marene (archdiocese of Turin) in 1894 through the efforts of Mrs Adele Sinaglia. Purpose: education of the young in nurseries, schools, and orphanages; care of the sick in their homes and in hospitals. Aggregated to the Order in 1925. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1933, definitive approval in 1941. They number 270 sisters in 20 houses. The general motherhouse is at Turin (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., T, 77).
9. T. DISCALCED CARMELITE SISTERS (Tarragona). – Founded at Grausa (diocese of Barcelona) in 1866 by the Discalced Carmelite Francesco Palau y Quer. Purpose: education of the young and care of the sick in their homes 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 general motherhouse is at Tarragona (Arch. d. S. Congr. di Relig., T, 32).
10. T. OF ST FRANCIS OF SUSA (Susa). – Founded at Susa in 1882 through the efforts of Mgr. Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz. Purpose: education of girls and children in nurseries, orphanages, etc.; care of the sick in their homes and in hospitals. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1934, definitive approval in 1942. They number 273 sisters in 37 houses in Italy and abroad. General motherhouse at Susa (Turin) (Arch. d. casa gener.).
11. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE GUARDIAN ANGELS (Ragusa). – Founded at Curzola by the Dominican G. Mishow. In 1905 the Institute was aggregated to the Dominican Order. Purpose: education of the young 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 general motherhouse is at Ragusa (Yugoslavia) (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., R, 68).
12. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY (S. Francisco). – Founded at S. Francisco in 1853 by the Bavarian Benedictine Bonifacio Wimmer. Purpose: education of the young. Approval of the Constitutions and of the Institute in 1898. Adaptation to the Code in 1947. They number 567 sisters in 24 houses in America. General motherhouse at New Burgh (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., N, 68).
13. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (Rodez). – Founded at Bor (diocese of Rodez) by several T. Dominican sisters in 1851; in 1859 the general motherhouse was transferred to Monteils. Purpose: education of the young and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1891, approval of the Constitutions in 1897. They number 637 sisters in 50 houses. The general motherhouse is at Rodez (Arch. d. S. Congr. di Relig., R, 35).
14. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE ANNUNCIATION (Vich). – Founded at Vich in 1856 by Fr. Francesco Coll. Purpose: education of the young and works of charity. Decree of praise in 1898, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1907, definitive approval in 1910. They number 1,520 sisters in 120 houses. General motherhouse at Vich (Spain) (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., V, 49).
15. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS (Seattle). – In 1853 Mother Agostina Neuhierl of the convent of the Holy Cross in Ratisbona moved to Brooklyn with three other sisters 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 the young in parish and higher-level schools, and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1934. They number 156 sisters in 15 houses. The general motherhouse is at Everett (Arch. d. casa gener.).
16. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART (Catania). – They arose from the foundation of four houses of T. Dominican sisters 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 general motherhouse and the novitiate were transferred to Catania. Decree of praise in 1939. They have several houses in Italy, particularly in Sicily (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., N, 40).
17. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART OF 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 approval in 1943. They number 273 sisters in 21 houses. General motherhouse at Huston.
18. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE MOST HOLY AND IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY (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. DOMENICAN SISTERS OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS (S. Francisco). - Founded in 1850 at Benicia (California) by Msgr. Joseph Alemany, archbishop of S. Francisco. Purpose: education of the young in colleges, boarding schools, and academies.
20. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY (Avana). - Founded by the Dominican teaching Tertiaries of Cette (diocese of Montpellier) who, having fled France at the time of the suppressions, opened a house in Avana (Cuba) and in 1908 established themselves as an autonomous Institute. In 1909 they were aggregated to the Dominican Order. Purpose: education of the young. Decree of praise in 1928. They number 100 sisters in 10 houses. The motherhouse is in Avana (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., A, 53).
21. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY OF MELEGNANO (Milano). - Founded in 1821 at Casolate (diocese of Lodi) by the priest Francesco Fiazza. Purpose: education of the young, especially the poor and abandoned. They were first approved by the bishop of Lodi and then, in 1857, by the archbishop of Milano. They number 471 sisters in 21 houses. Motherhouse in Milano (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 116).
22. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ARENBERG (Treviri). - Founded in 1868 in the diocese of Treviri through the work of two Dominican women belonging to a Swiss monastery. Purpose: education of the young and care of the sick in hospitals and private homes. Decree of praise in 1914. They number 846 sisters in 29 houses. The motherhouse is at Arenberg (diocese of Treviri) (Arch. d. S. Congr. di Relig., T, 54).
23. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF GRANATA (Granata). - Founded in 1915, though their origin goes back to 1701, when Sister Giuliana de Santa Inés Gonzales Sampedro founded the «Beaterio» of the Third Order of S. Domenico. Purpose:
education of the young in parish schools. Aggregated to the First Order of the Dominicans 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. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF NANCY. - Founded at Nancy by Mother Rose Lejeune, who united in a single Congregation all the Dominican women scattered throughout France, under the guidance of Fr. Lacordaire. Purpose: education of the young 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 became independent of the Congregation of the Dominican Tertiaries of King-williamstown originating from the monastery of Augusta (Bavaria). The new Congregation settled in Newcastle in 1891. Purpose: education of the young. 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 S. Domenico, professed in the monastery of the Sacred Heart in Ratisbona (Bavaria), who emigrated to the diocese of Milwaukee in 1862. In 1877 they were aggregated to the Third Order of S. Domenico. Purpose: education of the young. They number 576 sisters scattered throughout North America (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 81).
27. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA (Albi). - Founded at Albi, Tarn (France), in 1852 by Mother Gérine (in the world Francesca Caterina Fabre). Purpose: education of girls and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1901, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1926, definitive approval in 1933. They number 415 sisters in 29 houses in France, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile. Motherhouse at Albi (Arch. d. casa gener., A, 33).
28. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA (Bogotá). - Founded in 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 motherhouse is in Bogotá (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 83).
29. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SANTA CATERINA DA 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 approval in 1896. They number 470 sisters in 24 houses. The motherhouse is in Lisbon (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., L, 43).
30. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SANTA CATERINA DA SIENA (Haarlem). - Founded in 1841 by six young Dominican Tertiaries at Rotterdam. Purpose: instruction of poor girls and care of the sick. In 1906 they were aggregated to the Third Order of S. Domenico. 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. Motherhouse at Haarlem (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., H, 3).
31. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SANTA MARIA MADDALENA (Spira). - They arose as cloistered nuns in the thirteenth century and belonged to the Second Order of S. Domenico. Suppressed by the French Revolution, in 1826 they obtained permission to pass to the Dominican Third Order, and in 1887 its Constitutions were approved. Purpose: education of the young. They number 250 sisters in 9 houses (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., S, 12).
32. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SANTA MARIA MADDALENA DI BETANIA (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 motherhouse is in Besançon (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 64).
33. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SAN TOMMASO D'AQUINO (Seattle). - Founded in 1888 at Pomeroy (Washington) by Mother Mary Thomassina. Purpose: education of the young in parish schools, colleges, and academies. Decree of praise and approval of the Constitutions in 1937. They number 189 sisters in 20 houses. The motherhouse 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 del S.mo Cuore di Gesù and the Dominican Fr. L. Aussantl. In 1860 the motherhouse was transferred to Sèvres (diocese of Versailles). Purpose: education of the young. Decree of praise in 1869; approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1880, definitive approval in 1910. They number 219 sisters in 13 houses. The motherhouse is now 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 nursery schools 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. Motherhouse at Springfield (Illinois) (J. M. Graham, Dominicans in Illinois, Springfield s. a.).
36. T. DOMINICAN SISTERS OF WIELOWIES (Tarnovia). - Founded in 1861 at Wielowies (diocese of Presmilia) by the noblewoman Rosa Biatecka (in religion Sister Colomba). Purpose: education of the young in elementary schools and orphanages. Decree of praise in 1885, approval of the Constitutions in 1911. In 1940 they numbered 176 sisters in 16 houses. Motherhouse at Tarnovia (Presmilia) (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., P, 38).
37. T. FRANCISCAN SISTERS (Gozo). - Founded at Gozo in 1883 by the bishop, Msgr. Giuseppe Pace. Purpose: education of the young and charitable works. 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 (Roma). - Founded in 1869 at Castellammare di Stabia (Napoli) by Canon Vincenzo Gargiulo and Luigia Russo (in religion Sister Agnese dell'Immacolata). Purpose: education of girls, especially orphans; care of girls in danger and fallen women; care of the sick in hospitals. Decree of praise in 1894, definitive approval of the Institute and the Constitutions in 1903. They number approximately 1,000 sisters in 110 houses in Italy and Brazil. Motherhouse in Rome (Arch. d. Casa gener.).
39. T. FRANCESCANE DEI SACRI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA (Malaga). - Founded at Antequera (Malaga) in 1884 by Maria Gonzales Ramos. Purpose: education of the young in schools, kindergartens, etc. Decree of praise and approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1902, definitive approval in 1938. They number 203 sisters in 22 houses throughout Spain. The motherhouse is in Malaga (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 71).
40. T. FRANCESCANE DELLA BEATA ANGELINA (Roma). - Founded at Foligno in 1395 by b. Angelina dei conti di Marsciano. Purpose: education of young women. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1915, definitive approval in 1923. They number 72 sisters in 8 houses, all in Italy. Motherhouse in Rome (Arch. d. casa gener.).
41. T. FRANCESCANE DELLA CARITÀ (Buenos Aires). - Founded in 1880 at Buenos Aires by Mercedes Guerra. Purpose: education of the young and 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 motherhouse is in Buenos Aires (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 69).
42. T. FRANCESCANE DELLA DIVINA PASTORA. - Founded at Madrid in 1868 by Anna Fontebberta. Purpose: education of the young. Approved by the Holy See in 1899; affiliated with the Order of Friars Minor in 1906. They number 572 sisters in 37 houses (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Roma 1929, p. 224).
43. T. FRANCESCANE DELLA PURISSIMA CONCEZIONE (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 treatment of the sick, especially those with contagious diseases. Decree of praise in 1900, approval of the Institute and the Constitutions in 1903. They number 196 religious in 21 houses, all in Spain (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., C, 43).
44. T. FRANCESCANE DELLA PURISSIMA CONCEZIONE (Messico). - Founded at Messico by Fr. Refugio Morales and Sister Maria di Gesù Crocifisso. Purpose: education of the young and charitable works in clinics and hospitals. Decree of praise in 1947. They number 291 sisters in 32 houses. The motherhouse is in Messico (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 143).
45. T. FRANCESCANE DELLE MISSIONI (Cordoba). - Founded at Cordoba (Argentina) in 1878 by Fr. F. Porcen and Mother Transito Cabanillas. Purpose: education of the young and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1901, approval of the Constitutions in 1902. They number 243 sisters in 23 houses. The motherhouse is in Cordoba (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., C, 45).
46. T. FRANCESCANE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (Barcellona). - Founded at Barcellona in 1859 by the Franciscan Raimondo Boldin. Purpose: education of the young. Approved by the Holy See in 1900. In 1907 they were affiliated with the Order of Friars Minor. They number 245 sisters in 17 houses in Spain, Morocco, Argentina, and Uruguay (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Roma 1929, p. 229).
47. T. FRANCESCANE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (Valencia). - Founded at Valencia in the fourteenth century as regular T. with papal enclosure; in 1902 they became an institute with perpetual simple vows. Purpose: education of the young and care of the sick. They number 375 sisters in 31 houses. Motherhouse in Valencia (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Roma 1929, p. 237).
48. T. FRANCESCANE DI 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 the young in kindergartens, 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, Roma 1929, p. 424).
49. T. FRANCESCANE DI GESÙ BAMBINO (Assisi). - Founded at L'Aquila in 1879 by Sister Maria Giuseppa di Gesù Bambino (in the world Barbara Micarelli). Purpose: education of the young, especially poor girls, care of the sick, and missions. Decree of praise in 1910, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1911, definitive approval in 1922. They number 1200 sisters in 104 houses in Italy, Peru, Cyrenaica, and Belgium. The motherhouse is at S. Maria degli Angeli (Perugia) (Arch. d. casa gener.).
50. T. FRANCESCANE DI MARIA IMMACOLATA DI JOLIET (Joliet). - Founded at Joliet (diocese of Chicago) in 1865 by the Franciscan Panfilo da Magliano. Purpose: education of the young. Approved in 1881 by Bishop Duggan. Temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1901, definitive approval in 1912. They number 627 sisters in 56 houses, especially in North America. Motherhouse in Chicago (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., C, 56).
51. T. FRANCESCANE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL RIFUGIO (Guadalajara). - Founded at Guadalajara in Mexico by the Franciscan Pasquale Avelar. Purpose: re-education 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. Motherhouse in Guadalajara (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., G, 81).
52. T. FRANCESCANE DI SAN FELICE DA CANTALICE (Cracovia): V. SUORE DI SAN FELICE DEL TERZ'ORDINE DI SAN FRANCESCO (CRACOVIA).
53. T. FRANCESCANE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (Buffalo). - In 1896, the house of the Suore di S. Carlo di Polonia existing at Pittsburgh (U.S.A.) was suppressed, and the sisters took charge of parish works in Trenton; later they initiated a new Congregation, which in 1909 was affiliated with the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1928, definitive approval in 1936. The motherhouse is in Buffalo (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., B, 114).
54. T. FRANCESCANE DI SANT'ANTONIO AI MONTI (Napoli). - Founded at Naples in 1822 by the servant of God Sister Maria Luigia del S. Cuore di Gesù, an Alcantarine. The Congregation was initially called « Solitarie Alcantarine ». Approval and revision of the Constitutions in 1921. Purpose: education of the young, boarding schools for young ladies, and residences for elderly women. They number 104 sisters in 11 houses. Motherhouse in Naples (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., N, 51).
55. T. FRANCESCANE DI SANT'ONOFRIO (Rimini). - Founded at Rimini in 1882 by the noblewoman Faustina dei Conti Zavagli (in religion Sister Maria Teresa di Gesù Crocifisso). Purpose: education of the young in kindergartens, boarding schools, orphanages, and workshops, and 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. Motherhouse in Rimini (Arch. d. Casa gener.; Bonaventura da Faenza, Istituto delle Suore Terziarie Francescane di S. Onofrio di Rimini, Faenza 1939).
56. T. FRANCESCANE DI SYRACUSE (Syracuse). - Founded in 1860 by the bishop of Albany. Purpose: management of orphanages, boarding schools, hospitals, and leprosaria. Decree of praise in 1914, approval of the Constitutions in 1923. They number 433 in 42 houses. The motherhouse is in Syracuse (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., S, 30).
57. T. FRANCESCANE ELISABETTINE (Padova). - Founded at Padova in 1828 by the servant of God Elisabetta Vendramini and the priest Luigi Maran. Purpose: charitable works. Decree of praise in 1910; temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1913 and 1918, definitive approval in 1924. They number 1458 sisters in 159 houses in Italy, Egypt, and Libya. Motherhouse in Padova (Arch. d. Casa gener.).
58. T. FRANCESCANE MINISTRE DEGLI INFERMI (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 motherhouse is in Münster (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Roma 1929, p. 250; Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., M, 69).
59. T. FRANCESCANE MISSIONARIE DEL GIGLIO (Assisi). — Founded in 1902 by Fr. Antonio Giuseppe Marcheselli. Purpose: apostolic works in nurseries, schools, orphanages, outpatient clinics, etc. Definitive approval of the Constitutions in 1934. They number 365 sisters in 30 houses (Arch. d. Casa gener.).
60. T. FRANCESCANE MISSIONARIE DEL SACRO CUORE (Udine). — Founded in 1861 at Gemona del Friuli (Udine) by the Duchess de Baufremont and Fr. Gregorio Fioravanti. Purpose: education of the young and missions. Decree of praise and approval of the Institute, and temporary approval of the Constitutions, in 1894; definitive approval in 1905. They number 931 sisters in 100 houses in Italy, Europe, America, and the East. The mother house is in Rome (Arch. d. casa gener.).
61. T. MERCEDARIE DEL BAMBIN GESÙ (Cordoba). — Founded in Cordoba, Argentina, in 1887. Purpose: education of the young 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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