Founder Frances Xavier Cabrini Headquarters New York, United States | Founded 1880 | |
Parent organization United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Similar Cabrini University, Dominican Sisters of Mary - Mot, Sisters of the Divine Savior, Council of Major Superiors, Sisters of Charity of the Incarn | ||
Hearts of love introducing the missionary sisters of the sacred heart of jesus mscj part 1 of 6
The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic female religious congregation, founded in 1880 by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini.
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- Hearts of love introducing the missionary sisters of the sacred heart of jesus mscj part 1 of 6
- History
- References
The aim of the institute is to spread devotion to the Heart of Jesus by means of the practice of spiritual and corporal works of mercy. The sisters conduct homes for the aged and the sick, orphanages, industrial schools, sewing classes; they visit hospitals and prisons, and give religious instruction in their convents, which are open to women desirous of making retreats. Its general mother house is at Rome.
History
The congregation spread rapidly in Europe and America. In 1899, at the suggestion of Pope Leo XIII, the sisters came to New York, and opened convents in the archdioceses of Chicago, Denver, Newark, Seattle, and Los Angeles and the dioceses of Brooklyn and Scranton.
The sisters purchased the former Woodcrest estate in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania in 1953. Cabrini College opened on the estate in September 1957.