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Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis

Roman Catholic religious order based in Pennsylvania, United States

Roman Catholic religious order based in Pennsylvania, United States

The Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis are a Catholic apostolic congregation of pontifical right based in Reading, Pennsylvania. The order was founded in 1894 by Mother Veronica Grzedowska, a Polish nun from Zakliczyn, for the instruction of poor girls in a parish in Mount Carmel. As of 2010, the order had more than 380 members in more than 50 houses.

Ministries

The following are among this organization's areas of ministry:

  • Education (early, elementary, secondary, special, and higher)
  • Elder care
  • Foreign missions
  • Healthcare
  • Homecare
  • Ministry (diocesan, pastoral, retreat, social)
  • Outreach to the poor
  • Prison ministry

References

References

  1. "[http://www.bfranciscan.org/bfs/English/About%20Us/Who%20We%20Are/ Who We Are]," in "About Us." Reading, Pennsylvania: Bernardine Franciscan Sisters: An International Congregration of Religious Women (website), retrieved online February 23, 2019.
  2. Comerford, Thomas J., John Joseph McCabe, et al., eds. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QhfQAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Bernardine+Sisters+of+St.+Francis%22+and+Reading+and+Pennsylvania&pg=PA175 Souvenir of Dual Jubilee: Consecration of the Rt. Rev. M. J. Hoban, D.D. (1896-1921)]'': "The Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis (Polish)", pp. 175-176. Scranton, Pennsylvania: International Textbook Press, 1922.
  3. "Who We Are,"Bernardine Franciscan Sisters (website).
  4. "[http://www.goreadingberks.com/religion/catholicfaith/history/stmarysreading.php St. Mary's, Reading (1888 - 2017)]." Reading, Pennsylvania: Go Reading Berks (website), retrieved online February 23, 2019.
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