Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross

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Coordinates: 44°33′20.6″N 87°54′26.4″W / 44.555722°N 87.907333°W / 44.555722; -87.907333
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Built in 2006, our Motherhouse residence includes a chapel. Our former Motherhouse on Bay Settlement Road was our home from our inception in 1868.
Along with daily Mass, our Sisters pray together each morning and evening.

The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross are a diocesan community of religious women[1] who live according to the Rule of St. Francis of Assisi [2] in Northeastern Wisconsin. In essence, the sisters practice "simplicity, hospitality, and prayer that is centered on the Cross of Jesus Christ, the sacred Word of Scripture, and the Holy Eucharist."[3]

History

This Catholic community of women was founded in 1868 by Father Edward Daems (1826 - 1879)[4] who came to northeastern Wisconsin to minister to the local Belgian immigrants.[5] Seeing the need for teachers, Father Daems asked two local women – Pauline LaPlante ( - 1926) and Christine Rousseau ( - 1900)[4] – to come home from their formation with the Dominican Order[6] in Racine, Wisconsin, (about 150 miles south), to teach and provide medical care to the Belgian residents. Sisters LaPlante and Rousseau accepted Father Daems' request. With the help of Sister Pius Doyle and Mary Van Lanen, a neighboring farm girl, the four women became the religious community's founding members.[7]

In 1881, the women were officially recognized as a diocesan community by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin,[8] which marked 1868 as an important year in its history, the year when also the Diocese of Green Bay was created from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.[9]

With the motherhouse located in rural

Virgin Mary is reported to have appeared to Sister Adele Brice and instructed Adele to teach the children their Catholic faith.[11]

See also

  • Third Order of St. Francis

References

  1. NCNWR. Archived from the original
    on 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  2. ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rule of Saint Francis". Newadvent.org. 1909-09-01. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  3. ^ "Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross - Mission and Ministry". Gbfranciscans.org. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  4. ^ a b "Community Founders". Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross. April 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "Crosier Fathers and Brothers". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  6. ^ "Racine, WI - Sisters of St. Dominic of Racine". Racine Dominicans. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  7. ^ "Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross - Community History". Gbfranciscans.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  8. ^ "Religious Communities of Women". Gbdioc.org. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  9. ^ "History of the Diocese of Green Bay". Gbdioc.org. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  10. ^ "Chapel and Shrine". Shrineofourladyofgoodhelp.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  11. ^ "The American Sketch Book: History of ... - Google Books". 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2010-10-14.

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