Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
Franciscaines missionnaires de Marie | |
Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India | |
Type | Centralized Religious Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right for Women |
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Headquarters | General House Via Giusti, 12 00185 Rome, Italy |
Members | 5,000 members as of 2024 |
Superior General | Sr. Eufemia Glenny, F.M.M. |
Website | www |
Formerly called | Missionaries of Mary |
The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary are a
Foundation
Chappotin, while still a
A dissension in the province which Chappotin had previously worked to resolve arose again. As a result, 20 of the Sisters left the congregation, including Chappotin. They gathered in a convent in Ootacamund, which she had recently established. They formed a new community there under the authority of the local vicar apostolic.[1]
These women resolved to form a new congregation, and Chappotin traveled to Rome that November to seek permission for this from the Holy See. She obtained this from Pope Pius IX on 6 January 1877, under the name of Missionaries of Mary.[1] Unlike the instruction focus of the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix, the missionaries would carry out a ministry of providing medical care to the women of India who were unable to receive it from male doctors, due to the practice of purdah, which strictly segregated them from contact with men. Mary of the Passion had seen the consequences and felt called to deal with the situation. As women themselves, they would have access to the parts of the home restricted to females.
The Sacred Congregation of the
Chappotin had to return to Rome in 1880 to resolve issues about the new foundation. She had to make yet another voyage there in June 1882. This one was to be a turning point in the identity of the missionaries. Firstly, they were granted permission to open a house in Rome itself. Secondly, Mary of the Passion came into contact with Bernardino of Portogruaro, the
Expansion
The work of the Franciscan Missionaries quickly spread to other countries, including China. It was there, in 1900, that seven Franciscan Missionaries of Mary were murdered during the
- in saeculo: Irma Grivot)
- Marie de la Paix Giuliani (in saeculo: Mary Ann Giuliani)
- Maria Chiara Nanetti (in saeculo: Clelia Nanetti)
- Marie of Saint Natalie (in saeculo: Joan Mary Kerguin)
- Marie of Saint Just (in saeculo: Ann Moreau)
- Marie-Adolphine (in saeculo: Ann Dierk)
- Mary Amandine (in saeculo: Paula Jeuris)
Maria Assunta Pallotta, who died in China in 1905, was beatified in 1954.[2]
By the time of Chappotin's death in 1904, there were 88 communities serving in 24 countries around the globe, serving a variety of services for women and children..
United States
In November 1903, seven Sisters from Canada, Ireland and France arrived in Worcester, Massachusetts, in response to a request for Sisters to minister among the many immigrant families from Canada. The following year, Bishop Matthew Harkins of the Diocese of Providence invited them to come to Woonsocket to serve families who worked in the mills.[3]
In 1937 the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary assumed responsibility for the McMahon Memorial Temporary Shelter, where children forcibly removed from homes would be housed until more permanent situations could be found. This has now become McMahon Services for Children[4] St. Francis Hospital in Flower Hill, New York, the only specialized cardiac care facility in New York, was founded by them in 1922.[5] In Boston, Massachusetts, the Franciscan Missionaries accepted responsibility for the pediatric hospital founded in 1949 by Cardinal Richard Cushing, funded by Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and his wife Rose. It is now known as Franciscan Children's.[6]
Current status
As of 2024, the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary formed the fifth largest religious institute for women in the Catholic Church, with nearly 5,000 members serving in 74 countries.[7] Medical care centers have been opened worldwide. Cardinal Hayes Home in Millbrook, New York has been sponsored by the FMM since 1941 It provides residential care and treatment for developmentally disabled children and young adults in its Millbrook location and in five community homes in Dutchess County.[8] In 2018, the Catholic Extension Lumen Christi award was given to Sister Marie-Paule Willem, a Franciscan Missionary of Mary, serving in the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, honored a lifetime of missionary work.[9]
Schools
- Assunta Secondary School (SMK (P) Assunta), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
- Ave Maria College, Melbourne, Australia
- Hai Sing Catholic School (formerly Hai Sing Girls' High School), Singapore
- Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai, India
- Regina Pacis School, Jakarta/Bogor, Indonesia
- Mater Dei School, New Delhi, India
- Rosary Convent High School, Hyderabad, India
- Rosary Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai, India
- Sacred Heart Girls' Higher Secondary School, Thanjavur, India
- St Agnes Catholic High School, Sydney, Australia
- Fatima Girls High School, Kazipet, India
- St. Francis Anglo-Indian Girls School, Coimbatore, India
- Cubao/Oroquieta, Philippines
- Stella Maris College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
- Nazareth Convent High School, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India
- St. Rose of Lima’s College, Hong Kong, China
- Collegio de Santa Rosa de Lima, Macau, China
- St Mary's Missionaries Franciscan School, Damascus, Syria
- St. Joseph Academy of Sariaya, Quezon, Sariaya, Quezon, Philippines
Institutions
- Assunta Hospital, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
- St. Francis Hospital, New York, United States
- Franciscan Children's, Boston, United States
- St. Joseph's Hospital, Baramulla, India
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "A Path in the Spirit". Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Saints and Blessed". Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Higgins FMM, Rosemarie. "The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary", Rhode Island Catholic, September 17, 2015
- ^ "History of McMahon Child Care". McMahon Services for Children. Archived from the original on 20 April 1999. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "About us". St. Francis Heart Center. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "About us: History". Franciscan Hospital for Children. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Statistics", FMM Institute
- ^ Cardinal Hayes Home, Millbrook, New York
- ^ "Catholic Extension receives 48 nominations for annual Lumen Christi Award", Catholic News Service, August 21, 2019