Sunday, November 14, 2021

Third Order Franciscan Sisters III: Mishawaka; Joliet; Rochester; St Louis; Green Bay; Baltimore; New Hamburg; North Milwaukee; Worcester; Little Falls

Sisters of St Francis of Perpetual Adoration, Mishawaka, IN:

No building was shown in Dehey, but the History page includes the motherhouse:

http://ssfpa.org/our-life/our-history/motherhouse/


Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart, Joliet, IL:

*This is the second Franciscan congregation established in Joliet.*

No history page, but here's the website:

https://www.fssh.net/home

No buildings were shown in Dehey, but here's a campus tour:

https://www.fssh.net/campus-tour

 Congregational archives :

http://fssharchives.com/index.php


Sisters of St Francis of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, MN:

History:

https://rochesterfranciscan.org/about-us/#history

No buildings were shown in Dehey, but wow... take a look at this motherhouse!

https://rochesterfranciscan.org/visit-assisi-heights/

Bloomington Poor Clares now share the motherhouse with them:

https://thecatholicspirit.com/news/local-news/64-years-poor-clares-leave-monastery-legacy-prayer-friendship/

Pro Ecclesia Sancta bought the monastery:

https://www.sacredheartofjesusconvent.org/


Franciscan Sisters, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, St Louis, MO:

Nickname: Wheaton Franciscans

The congregation is indigenous to Europe. The Sisters came to minister at St Anthony's Hospital, shown here (scroll down):

https://www.hippostcard.com/listing/st-louis-mo-missouri-st-anthonys-hospital-c1910s-postcard/16894045

They eventually moved to Wheaton, Illinois. Their story can be found here:

https://wheatonfranciscan.org/heritage-archives/

No buildings were shown in Dehey, but here's a page regarding their campus and motherhouse:

https://wheatonfranciscan.org/about-us/our-campus/


Sisters of St Francis of Bay Settlement, Green Bay, WI:

*The congregation is now known as the Sisters of St Francis of the Holy Cross.*

History:

https://www.gbfranciscans.org/content/about/community-history

The Sister LaPlante identified in their section of Dehey was one of the foundresses:

https://www.gbfranciscans.org/content/about/community-founders

The congregation took up the work started by Adele Brice, the visionary of Our Lady of Good Help:

https://www.gbfranciscans.org/content/about/shrine-of-our-lady-of-good-help

I have to admit to being very taken with the Sisters' Green page:

https://www.gbfranciscans.org/content/justice-peace/solar-energy-tour

Check out the meter page:

https://www.solrenview.com/SolrenView/mainFr.php?siteId=2751


Franciscan Sisters of Baltimore City, Baltimore, MD:

*These sisters were the first Caucasian Religious congregation to minister to African-Americans in the US.* 

Their story:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan_Sisters_of_Baltimore

The building shown in Dehey may have been expanded to look like this (scroll down):

https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/sisters-and-retirement-franciscan-sisters-baltimore-16641

And:

https://catholicreview.org/ellerslie-avenue-building-center-ministry-100-years/


Franciscan Sisters of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, New Hamburg, NY:

*Also became a part of the Neumann Communities.*

Closure of Hastings-on-Hudson Convent covered here:

https://www.cny.org/stories/convent-in-hastings-on-hudson-to-close,5472


Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, North Milwaukee, WI:

History:

https://sistersofthesorrowfulmother.org/about/history/

Unable to find the building shown in Dehey. 


Little Franciscans of Mary, Worcester, MA:

Founded in Massachusetts, the motherhouse is now in Quebec. 

History page from St Francis Rehab Center:

https://www.saintfrancisrehab.com/our-story

Foundresses:

https://pfmenligne.org/les-fondatrices/#

The pfm presence in Worcester:

https://pfmenligne.org/communaute-des-etats-unis/

Did they sell the motherhouse?

https://maisonmere.ca/


Little Falls, MN:

History:

https://fslf.org/ourhistory

Building shown in Dehey:

https://finance-commerce.com/2016/10/historic-little-falls-property-saved-from-demolition-for-now/

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