TERCIARIES. – Religious communities living according to the rules of the principal ancient Orders, which were already divided into two branches: the First Order (religious) and the Second Order (nuns).
1. **T. Cappuccine della Sacra Famiglia** (Valencia). – Founded in 1885 at Masamagrell (diocese of Valencia, Spain) by Mons. Luigi Amigò. Purpose: care of the sick, education of youth in kindergartens, 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 Mons. Fr. Maria Di Francia. Purpose: education of girls in orphanages, boarding schools, kindergartens, etc. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1943. They number 250 sisters in 20 houses. Generalate in Catania (Arch. of the Generalate).
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 in Genoa (Arch. of the Generalate); 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: charitable works and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1951. They number 244 sisters in 21 houses in Brazil. The generalate is in Fortaleza (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, F, 46).
5. **T. Carmelitane di San Giuseppe** (Autun). – Founded in 1870 at St-Martin Bellevroche by Léontine Farre. Purpose: education of sick children and religious and moral formation of girls in missions. Decree of praise in 1908, definitive approval of the Constitutions in 1927. They number 324 sisters in 26 houses. The generalate is in Autun (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, F, 15).
6. **T. Carmelitane di San Giuseppe** (Barcelona). – Founded in Barcelona in 1878 by Teresa Toda y Junca. 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. Generalate in Barcelona (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, 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 kindergartens, private and public elementary schools, middle, professional, 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 at S. Martino a Campi Bisenzio (Arch. of the generalate; 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 Marne (archdiocese of Turin) in 1894 through the efforts of Mrs. Adele Sinaglia. Purpose: education of youth in kindergartens, 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 is in Turin (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, T, 77).
9. **T. Carmelitane Scalze** (Tarragona). – Founded at Graus (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 Constitutions in 1906. They number 525 sisters in 35 houses in Spain and Latin America. The generalate is in Tarragona (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, T, 32).
10. **T. di San Francesco di Susa** (Susa). – Founded at Susa in 1882 through the efforts of Mons. Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz. Purpose: education of girls and boys in kindergartens, 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 in Susa (Turin) (Arch. of the generalate).
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 is in Ragusa (Yugoslavia) (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, 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 Boniface Wimmer. Purpose: education of youth. Approval of the Constitutions and of the Institute in 1898. Updated to the Code in 1947. They number 567 sisters in 24 houses in America. Generalate in Newburgh (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, N, 68).
13. **T. Domenicane della Congregazione di Nostra Signora del Rosario** (Rodez). – Founded at Bor (diocese of Rodez) in 1851 by some Dominican Tertiaries; in 1859 the generalate 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 is in Rodez (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, R, 35).
14. **T. Domenicane dell’Annunziata** (Vich). – Founded at Vich in 1856 by Fr. Francesco Coll. Purpose: education of youth and charitable works. Decree of praise in 1898, temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1907, definitive in 1910. They number 1,520 sisters in 120 houses. Generalate in Vich (Spain) (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, V, 49).
15. **T. Domenicane della Santa Croce** (Seattle). – In 1853, Mother Agostina Neuhierl of the Holy Cross Convent in Regensburg, with three 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 schools, and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1934. They number 156 sisters in 15 houses. The generalate is in Everett (Arch. of the generalate).
16. **T. Domenicane del Sacro Cuore** (Catania). – Emerged from the foundation of four houses of Dominican Tertiaries through the efforts 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 and novitiate were transferred to Catania. Decree of praise in 1939. They have several houses in Italy and particularly in Sicily (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, N, 40).
17. **T. Domenicane del Sacro Cuore di Huston** (Galveston). – Founded in 1882 at Somerset (Ohio) by Mother Mary Agnes 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 in Houston.
18. **T. Domenicane del S.MO e Immacolato Cuore di Maria** (Belley). – Founded in 1860 by Mother Marie-Thérèse-Dominique 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. of the S. Congr. of Religious, B, 48).
19. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of the Most Holy Name of Jesus** (San Francisco). — Founded in 1850 at Benicia (California) by H.E. Joseph Alemany, Archbishop of San Francisco. Purpose: education of youth in colleges, boarding schools, and academies.
20. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of the Most Holy Rosary** (Havana). — Founded by the teaching Dominican Sisters of Cette (diocese of Montpellier) who, fleeing France at the time of the suppressions, opened a house in Havana (Cuba) and in 1908 became an autonomous Institute. In 1909 they were aggregated to the Dominican Order. Purpose: education of youth. Decree of praise in 1928. They number 160 sisters in 10 houses. The generalate is in Havana (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, A, 53).
21. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of the Most Holy Rosary of Melle-Onano** (Milan). — Founded in 1821 at Casolate (diocese of Lodi) by Fr. Francesco Fiazza. Purpose: education of youth, especially the poor and abandoned. They were first approved by the Bishop of Lodi and later in 1857 by the Archbishop of Milan. They number 471 sisters in 21 houses. The generalate is in Milan (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, M, 116).
22. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Arenberg** (Trevi). — Founded in 1868 in the diocese of Trevi through the efforts of two Dominican Sisters belonging to a Swiss monastery. Purpose: education of youth and care of the sick in hospitals and private homes. Decree of praise in 1914. They number 846 sisters in 29 houses. The generalate is at Arenberg (diocese of Trevi) (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, T, 54).
23. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Granada** (Granada). — Founded in 1915, though their origins go back to 1701, when Sister Giuliana de Santa Inés Gonzales Sampedro founded the "Beaterio" of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Purpose: education of youth in parish schools. Aggregated to the First Order of Dominicans in 1915. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1931. They number 151 sisters in 11 houses (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, G, 57).
24. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Nancy**. — Founded at Nancy by Mother Rose Lejeune, who united all the Dominican Sisters scattered in France into a single Congregation under the guidance of Fr. Lacordaire. Purpose: education of youth in schools, etc. Decree of praise in 1867 (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, N, 1).
25. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Newcastle** (Westminster). — A branch separated from the house at Oakford (Natal), which became independent from the Congregation of the Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of King William’s Town, which originated from the monastery of Augsburg (Bavaria). The new Congregation settled in 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. of the S. Congr. of Religious, N, 27).
26. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Racine** (Milwaukee). — Founded in 1862 by three Sisters of the Second Order of Saint Dominic, professed in the monastery of the Sacred Heart in Ratisbon (Bavaria), who emigrated to the diocese of Milwaukee. In 1877 they were aggregated to the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Purpose: education of youth. They number 576 sisters scattered throughout North America (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, M, 81).
27. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Saint Catherine of 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 in 1933. They number 415 sisters in 29 houses in France, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile. The generalate is at Albi (Arch. of the general house, A, 33).
28. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Saint Catherine of Siena** (Bogotá). — Founded in Bogotá in 1880 by the Dominican Saturnino Gutiérrez. Purpose: education of girls and care of the sick. Decree of praise in 1912. They number 450 sisters in 36 houses. The generalate is in Bogotá (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, B, 83).
29. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Saint 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 is in Lisbon (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, L, 43).
30. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Saint Catherine of Siena** (Haarlem). — Founded in 1841 in Rotterdam by six young Dominican Tertiaries. Purpose: education of girls and care of the sick. In 1906 they were aggregated to the Third Order of Saint 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 the Netherlands, Curaçao, and the Dutch East Indies. The generalate is in Haarlem (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, H, 3).
31. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Mary Magdalene** (Speyer). — Originated in the 13th century as enclosed nuns and belonged to the Second Order of Saint Dominic. After the French Revolution, in 1826 they obtained permission to become part of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, and in 1887 their Constitutions were approved. Purpose: education of youth. They number 250 sisters in 9 houses (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, S, 12).
32. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Mary Magdalene of Bethany** (Besançon). — Founded at Besançon in 1867 by the Dominican Giovanni Giuseppe Lataste. Purpose: assistance 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 is in Besançon (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, B, 64).
33. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Saint 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 is at Marymount, Tacoma (Washington) (Arch. of the general house; Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, S, 24).
34. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Sèvres** (Meaux). — Founded in Paris in 1852 by Sister Maria Rosa of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Dominican Fr. L. Aussant. In 1860 the generalate moved 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 is now in Rome (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, V, 27).
35. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic 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. The generalate is in Springfield (Illinois) (J. M. Graham, *Dominicans in Illinois*, Springfield n.d.).
36. **Daughters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic of Wielowies** (Tarnovia). — Founded in 1861 at Wielowies (diocese of Przemysl) 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. As of 1940, they number 176 sisters in 16 houses. The generalate is in Tarnovia (Przemysl) (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, P, 38).
37. **Franciscan Tertiaries** (Gozo). — Founded at Gozo in 1883 by Bishop H.E. 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. of the S. Congr. of Religious, G, 31).
38. **Franciscan Tertiaries of the Alcantara Reform** (Rome). — Founded in 1869 at Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) by Canon Vincenzo Gargiulo and Luigia Russo (in religion, Sister Agnese of the Immaculate Conception). Purpose: education of girls, especially orphans; care of those in danger and fallen women; assistance to the sick in hospitals. Decree of praise in 1894, definitive approval of the Institute and Constitutions in 1903. They number about 1,000 sisters in 110 houses in Italy and Brazil. The generalate is in Rome (Arch. of the general house).
39. T. Francescane dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria (Malaga). — Founded at Antequera (Malaga) in 1884 by Mrs. Maria Gonzales Ramos. Purpose: education of youth in schools, kindergartens, etc. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Institute and its Constitutions in 1902, definitive in 1938. They number 203 sisters in 22 houses spread throughout Spain. The General House is in Malaga (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, M, 71).
40. T. Francescane della Beata Angelina (Rome). — Founded at Foligno in 1395 by the Blessed Angelina, Countess of Marsciano. Purpose: instruction of young women. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1915, definitive in 1923. They number 72 sisters in 8 houses, all in Italy. General House in Rome (Arch. of the General House).
41. T. Francescane della Carità (Buenos Aires). — Founded in 1880 in Buenos Aires by Mrs. Mercedes Guerra. Purpose: education of youth, care of the sick in hospitals and sanatoria. 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 General House is in Buenos Aires (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, B, 69).
42. T. Francescane della Divina Pastora. — Founded in Madrid in 1868 by Anna Fonteuberta. 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. FRANCESCANE DELLA PURISSIMA CONCEZIONE (Cartagena). — Founded in Murcia, Spain, in 1878 by the Franciscan Francesco E. Malo with the approval of the bishop. Purpose: assistance to 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 sisters in 21 houses, all in Spain (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, C, 43).
44. T. FRANCESCANE DELLA PURISSIMA CONCEZIONE (Mexico). — Founded in Mexico by Fr. Eufugio Morales and Sister Maria di Gesù Crocifisso. Purpose: education of youth and charitable works in clinics and hospitals. Decree of praise in 1947. They number 291 sisters in 32 houses. The General House is in Mexico (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, M, 143).
45. T. FRANCESCANE DELLE MISSIONI (Córdoba). — Founded in Córdoba, Argentina, in 1878 by Fr. F. Porsen 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 General House is in Córdoba (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, C, 45).
46. T. FRANCESCANE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (Barcelona). — Founded in 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. FRANCESCANE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (Valencia). — Founded in Valencia in the 14th century as a Regular Third Order 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. General House in Valencia (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Rome 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 youth 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, Rome 1929, p. 424).
49. T. FRANCESCANE DI GESÙ BAMBINO (Assisi). — Founded at L’Aquila in 1879 by Sister Maria Giuseppe di Gesù Bambino (in the world Barbara Micarelli). Purpose: education of youth, especially 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 General House is at Santa Maria degli Angeli (Perugia) (Arch. of the General House).
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 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. General House in Chicago (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, C, 56).
51. T. FRANCESCANE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL RIFUGIO (Guadalajara). — Founded in Guadalajara, Mexico, by the Franciscan Pasquale Avelar. Purpose: education of fallen women and care of the sick in hospitals and sanatoria. Approved by the bishop in 1920; decree of praise in 1939. They number 176 sisters in 18 houses. General House in Guadalajara (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, G, 81).
52. T. FRANCESCANE DI SAN FELICE DA CANTALICE (Cracow): V. SUORE DI SAN FELICE DEL TERZ’ORDINE DI SAN FRANCESCO (Cracow).
53. T. FRANCESCANE DI SAN GIUSEPPE (Buffalo). — In 1896 the house of the Sisters of St. Charles of Poland existing in Pittsburgh (U.S.A.) was suppressed, and the sisters took up parochial works in Trenton; later they founded a new Congregation which in 1909 was aggregated to the Order of Conventual Friars Minor. Approval of the Institute and temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1928, definitive in 1936. The General House is in Buffalo (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, B, 114).
54. T. FRANCESCANE DI SANT'ANTONIO AI MONTI (Naples). — Founded in Naples in 1822 by the Servant of God Sister Maria Luigia del Sacro Cuore di Gesù, an Alcantarine. The Congregation initially bore the name “Solitary Alcantarines.” Approval and correction 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. General House in Naples (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, N, 51).
55. T. FRANCESCANE DI SANT'ONOFRIO (Rimini). — Founded in Rimini in 1882 by the noblewoman Faustina dei Conti Zavagli (in religion Sister Maria Teresa di Gesù Crocifisso). Purpose: education of youth in kindergartens, boarding schools, orphanages, 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. General House in Rimini (Arch. of the General House; 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 leper colonies. Decree of praise in 1914, approval of the Constitutions in 1923. They number 433 sisters in 42 houses. The General House is in Syracuse (Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, S, 30).
57. T. FRANCESCANE ELISABETTINE (Padua). — Founded in Padua in 1828 by the Servant of God Elisabetta Vendramini and Fr. Luigi Maran. Purpose: charitable works. Decree of praise in 1910; temporary approval of the Constitutions in 1913 and 1918, definitive in 1924. They number 1458 sisters in 159 houses in Italy, Egypt and Libya. General House in Padua (Arch. of the General House).
58. T. FRANCESCANE MINISTRE DEGLI INFERMI (Münster). — Founded in 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 relocated to other parts of Europe and America. They number 2921 sisters in 172 houses. The General House is in Münster (Conspectus Trium Ordinum S. Francisci, Rome 1929, p. 250; Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, M, 69).
59. T. FRANCISCAN MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE LILY (Assisi). - Founded in 1702 by Fr. Antonio Giuseppe Marcheselli. Purpose: apostolic works in nurseries, schools, orphanages, clinics, etc. Final approval of the Constitutions in 1934. They number 365 sisters in 30 houses (Arch. d. Casa gener.).
60. T. FRANCISCAN MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART (Udine). - Founded in 1861 at Gemona del Friuli (Udine) by the Duchess de Bauffremont and Fr. Gregorio Fioravanti. Purpose: education of youth and missions. Decree of praise and temporary approval of the Institute and Constitutions in 1894, definitive in 1905. They number 931 sisters in 100 houses in Italy, Europe, America and the Orient. The generalate is in Rome (Arch. d. casa gener.).
61. T. MERCEDARIAN SISTERS OF THE INFANT JESUS (Córdoba). - Founded in Córdoba, Argentina, in 1887. Purpose: education of youth in schools, nurseries, etc. Decree of praise in 1931, approval of the Institute and temporary Constitutions in 1940. They number 128 sisters in 13 houses, all in Argentina (Arch. d. S. Congr. d. Relig., C, 88).
Vincenzo Cossumano Silverio Mattei