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In 1809, the American Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, adapting the rule of the French Daughters of Charity for her Emmitsburg, Maryland, community. Sr. Anthony O'Connell (1897), US Civil War nurse
The Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New York, most often known as the Sisters of Charity of New York, is a religious congregation of sisters in the Catholic Church whose primary missions are education and nursing and who are dedicated in particular to the service of the poor.
The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was officially founded on November 1, 1833. [4] The group made an act of consecration as the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin. In this act, the band of women took one more step in becoming a formal community of women religious sisters within the Roman Catholic tradition.
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN) is a Roman Catholic order of religious sisters. It was founded in 1812 near Bardstown, Kentucky, when three young women responded to Bishop John Baptist Mary David's call for assistance in ministering to the needs of the people of the area.
On August 15, 1797, Thouret founded a school for poor girls in Besançon and on April 11, 1799, founded the Sisters of Charity and with two young women, founded a soup kitchen for the poor and a free school for girls, also in Besançon. During the French Revolution, when religious communities were suppressed and many priests and religious were ...
The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati became an independent diocesan order. Soon after foundation of the diocesan community, the Sisters opened St. Vincent's Asylum for Boys. [6] [7] In 1854 the Sisters founded Mount St. Vincent's Academy, Cedar Grove, Price Hill, which later became Seton High School. A mission in Dayton, Ohio, was established ...
Joaquina Vedruna de Mas (or Joaquima in Catalan) (16 April 1783 – 28 August 1854) - born Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, religious name Joaquina of Saint Francis of Assisi - was a Spanish religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity. [1] Her canonisation was celebrated on 12 April 1959.
The first school run by the Sisters of Charity was founded in the village of Pantasaph (North Wales). The former St Clare's Convent included a boarding school, a hospital and an orphanage. It was built by a priest named Seraphin of Bruges, who brought the first group of sisters to it in 1861.