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Franciscan Third Order Regular Sisterhoods: France

Abbreviations:

CSME: Willibrord de Paris “Franciscaines” Catholisme (Paris) 4:1519-1530.
DIP: “Franciscaine …” Dizionario degli Istituti Perfezione. 4:216-445.
EC:  “Francescane” Enciclopedia Cattolica. 5:1571-1577.
NCE: “Franciscan Sisters” New Catholic Encyclopedia.
Norbert: Norbert de Laissac. Les Religieuses Franciscaines. Paris: Poussielgue, 1897.

Ales (founded 1864. approved 1871. foundress: M. Francois du Sacre-Coeur)
Franciscan Sisters of the Little Family of the Sacred Heart / Franciscaines de la Petite
   Famille du Sacre-Coeur
Also called Religieuses Franciscaines du Sacre-Coeur de Jesus.
[CSME 4:1520, DIP 4:395-397, Norbert 335]

Amiens (founded 1877. foundress: M. Marie de la Trinite [Clementine Ryder])
Franciscan Sisters of Jesus / Franciscaines de Jesus
Also in Belgium.
[CSME 4:1520, Norbert 174-175] 

Angers (founded 1871. foundress: Marie Chrysostome de la Croix [Marie Caroline Rurange])
Franciscan Sisters of Saint Mary of the Angels / Franciscaines de Sainte-Marie des Anges
Also in Brazil, England, Ethiopia, India, Switzerland
[CSME 4:1520, DIP 4 :430, Norbert 202-216]

Angers ([1862] founded 1873. foundress: M. Josephine [Louise Renault])
Little Sisters of Saint Francis / Petites Sœurs de S.-Francois
Incorporated: Franciscaines du Sacre-Cœur de S.-Quentin in 1947 & Religieuses de Ste-Marie in 1949.
Also in Algeria, Central African Republic
[CSME 4:1520, Norbert 192-201]

Avignon (founded 1840, papal approval 1894)
Poor Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi / Pauvres Soeurs de S.-Francois d’Assise
Also called: Soeurs de S.-Francois Gardes-Malades, Franciscaines d’Avignon, Soeurs de la Corde
[CSME 4:1521, DIP 4:220-2, Norbert 325-334]

Blois (founded 1852. foundress: M. Marie Sainte-Claire [Marie-Virginie Vaslin])
Franciscan Sisters Servants of Mary / Franciscaines Servantes de Marie
Also in Belgium, Chad, India, Italy, Madagascar, Switzerland
[CSME 4:1521, DIP 4:260, EC 5:1577, Norbert 189-191]

Boissise-le-Roi (founded 1928. foundress: M. Marie de Saint-Jean)
Franciscaines Orantes de Marie Mediatrice
Also in Belgium
[CSME 4:1521]

Bordeaux (founded 1860, papal approval 1908. foundress: M. Rose de l’Immaculee Conception [Cecilia Viret])
Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate / Franciscaines de Marie Immaculee.
Also called Soeurs Franciscaines du Tiers-Ordre Regulier de l’Observance.
Incorporated: Augustines de la Charite de N.-D. de Beziers in 1928 & Monastere de N.- D. du Refuge de Montpelier in 1930.
Also in Italy
[CSME 4:1521, DIP 4:317-20, Norbert 398-411]

Bourbourg (founded 1614)
Capuchinesses of the Third Order Regular / Capucines du Tiers-Ordre Regulier
Also called Sisters of the Penance / Soeurs de la Penitence
[CSME 4:1521, Norbert 121-128]  

Bourg-de-Peage (founded 1901, approved 1923. foundress: Marie-Therese de Jesus- Hostie [Therese Lacour])
Daughters of the Sacred Heart / Files du Sacre-Coeur
[CSME 4:1521-2]

Bussieres (founded 1875. foundress: M. Marie-Joseph Vaillant)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of the Mission / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame de la  Mission.
Also in Belgium.
[CSME 4:1522, DIP 4:366-367, Norbert 363-372]

Caignac (founded 1856)
Sisters of Saint Francis of Assisi / Soeurs de Saint-Francois d’Assise
[Norbert 427-428]

Calais (founded 1851, papal approval 1892)
Franciscan Sisters of Calais / Franciscaines de Calais
Also called Franciscaines Missionaires de Notre-Dame
Combined together earlier communities of S.-Omer (1408), Aire (1429), Montreuil  (1455), Bethune (1495), Lens (1555), Arras (1556).
Also in Africa, America, Belgium, England, Ireland, Portugal
[CSME 4:1522, DIP 4:351-353, NCE 6:54, Norbert 105-118]

Cambrai (founded 1820, approved 1844)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame des Anges.
Merged with Sisters of Calais in 1956.
[DIP 4:360-361]

Champfleur (1836)
Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception / Franciscaines de l’Immaculee- Conception.
[CSME 4:1522, DIP 4 :295-296, Norbert 253-254]

Chatelets (founded 1877)
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary / Franciscaines Missionaires de Marie
Also in Africa, America, Austria, Belgium, China, England, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland
[Norbert 217-237]

Clichy (founded 1918, approved 1934)
Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joan of Arc / Franciscaines de Ste.-Jeanne d’Arc
[CSME 4:1523]

Condrieu (founded 1862, approved 1927. foundress: M. Claire)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame des Anges
[CSME 4:1523, DIP 4 :361, Norbert 340-343]

Courbevoie (1882)
Sisters of the Third Order of l’Alma / Sœurs du Tiers-Ordre de l’Alma
[Norbert 96-99]

Deauville (1878)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame de Pitie
Formed from Sisters of Perrou.
[CSME 4:1523, DIP 4 :369-371, Norbert 188]

Deveze, La (founded 1866, approved 1923)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Compassion / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame de  Compassion.
Also called Sœurs de La Devese & Petites Sœurs des Ames du Purgatoire
Merged with Sisters of Villeurbanne in 1963.
[CSME 4:1524, DIP 4 :364, Norbert 373-385]

Dorat, Le (founded 1858. foundresses: Louise Rougier, Marthe Rambaud, Marie  Vergnaud)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of the Temple / Franciscaines du Notre-Dame du Temple.
Also called Little Sisters of the Priests / Petites Sœurs des Pretres.
Also in Belgium
[CSME 4:1524, EC 5:1574, Norbert 346-362]

Douai (1816, approved 1825)
Sisters of Saint Francis / Sœurs de Saint-Francois
Also called Sœurs de Sainte-Marie
[Norbert 172-173]

Doue-la-Fontaine (founded 1838)
Nuns of Saint Francis / Religieuses de S.-Francois
Also called Recollects (Convent founded 1621)
[CSME 4:1523, Norbert 252-253]

Greze (1880. foundress: M. Sainte-Croix [Josephine-Victoire-Cesarine Galtier])
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Calvary / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame du Calvaire.
[CSME 4:1523, DIP 4 :363, Norbert 391-397]

Lenne (founded 1931. foundress: M. Marie de la Croix [H. Delhom])
Little Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Lenne / Petites Sœurs Franciscaines de Notre-Dame de Lenne.
[CSME 4:1524]

Lille (1820. foundress: M. Marie-Michel [Victoire Godin])
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame des Anges.
Revival of the Capuchinesses of Lille.
Also in Belgium.
[CSME 4:1524(1), Norbert 119-120]

Lille [Tourcoing] (1630, revived 1850)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame des Anges
[CSME 4:1524 (2), DIP 4:361-362, Norbert 173-174]

Lons-le-Saunier (founded 1857, papal approval 1894. foundress: M. Marie de la Croix)
Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception / Franciscaines de l’Immaculee- Conception.
Also in Lebanon, Spain, Syria
[CSME 4:1525, DIP 4 :300-301, EC 5:1573, Norbert 153-169]

Lyon (1815)
Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth / Soeurs Franciscaines de Sainte-Elisabeth
 [Norbert 275-282]

Lyon (founded 1838)
Sisters of Saint Francis of Assisi / Soeurs de Saint-Francois d’Assise
Also called Soeurs de la Tour-Pitrat & Religieuses de S.-Francois d’Assise de Lyon
Also in Canada, Haiti, Morocco
[CSME 4:1525, Norbert 283-293]

Lyon (1840)
Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth of the Help of Our Lady of the Compassion / Soeurs 
Franciscaines de Sainte-Elisabeth du Refuge de Notre-Dame de la Compassion.
Also called Deuxieme Monastere Sainte-Elisabeth
[CSME 4:1525, Norbert 428-429]

Lyon (1860)
Franciscan Sisters of the Providence of the Prado / Soeurs Franciscaines de la Providence  du Prado
[Norbert 306-316]

Lyon-Montplaisir (1836, approved 1924. foundress: Anne Alex)
Franciscan Sisters for the Propagation of the Faith / Soeurs Franciscaines de la Propagation de la Foi
Also in Belgium, Morocco
[CSME 4:1523 (Francheville-le-Hut), DIP 4:398-400, Norbert 294-305]

Malakoff (founded 1885. foundress: M. Marie des Anges)
Franciscan Sisters of Malakoff / Soeurs Franciscaines de Malakoff
[Norbert 171-172]

Marseille (1851)
Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family / Soeurs Franciscaines de la Sainte-Famille
[Norbert 345]

Meplier-Blanzy (1866)
Sisters of Saint Francis of Assisi / Soeurs de Saint Francois d’Assise
[DIP 4:238-239, Norbert 141-152]

Moingt (1883)
Franciscan Sisters of Moingt / Soeurs Franciscaines de Moingt
[DIP 4:239, Norbert 343-344]

Montfaucon-en-Velay (founded 1853. foundresses: Jenny de Bronac, Cesarine de Veyrac)
Sisters of Saint Francis of Assisi / Sœurs de S.-Francois-d’Assise
[CSME 4:1526, Norbert 338-339]

Montpezat d’Agenais (founded 1909. foundress: M. Marie Saint-Michel)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame de Pitie
Merged with Sisters of Rodez in 1963.
[CSME 4:1526, DIP 4 :371]

Montpelier (founded 1861, approved 1939. foundress: M. Francois de Saint-Esprit)
Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Spirit / Sœurs Franciscaines du Saint-Esprit
Also called Franciscaines de Montpelier, Soeurs Franciscaines du Tiers-Ordre Regulier
Also in Peru, Spain.
[CSME 4:1526, DIP 4:442-443, EC 5:1574, Norbert 412-421]

Moulins (founded 1920)
Nun Nurses of Saint Francis of Assisi / Religieuses Infirmieres de S.-Francois d’Assise
[CSME 4:1526-7]

Nantes (founded 1875, approved 1933. foundress: Sophie Victorine de Gazeau)
Franciscan Sisters Oblates of the Heart of Jesus / Franciscaines Oblates du Coeur de  Jesus
Also called Sisters of Chantenay / Soeurs de Chatenay
[CSME 4:1527, DIP 4:380, Norbert 238-248]

Ordan-Laroque (1860)
Franciscan Sisters of Saint Louis / Franciscaines de Saint-Louis
Also called Soeurs Franciscaines de la Providence Agricole de Saint-Louis
[DIP 4:423]

Paris (1604, approved 1793. foundress: M. Francoise de Recy)
Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth / Soeurs Franciscaines de Sainte-Elisabeth
Also called Tiercelines.
[Norbert 89-95]

Paris (founded 1885. foundress: M. Marie-Joseph Brun)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Hope / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame d’Esperance
Also called Soeurs Franciscaines Grades-Malades des Pauvres
[CSME 4:1527, DIP 4:376, Norbert 100-102]

Paris (founded 1894. foundress: M. Sainte-Claire [Mme de La Vallee Poussin])
Franciscan Sister Restorers of the Host of Jesus / Franciscaines Reparatrices de Jesus-Hospitie
Also called Soeurs Franciscaines de l’Adoration Reparatrice
[CSME 4:1527, DIP 4:404-405, Norbert 170-171]

Parpeville (founded 1867. foundress: M. Saint-Augustin Jumaux)
Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart / Soeurs Franciscaines du Sacre-Coeur
[DIP 4:410, Norbert 129-131]

Perrou (founded 1868. foundress: M. Elisabeth)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame de Pitie.
Also called Recollects
[CSME 4:1527-8, DIP 4 :371-373, Norbert 177-188]

Puy (1809. approved 1841)
Franciscan Sisters of Puy / Sœurs Franciscaines du Puy
[Norbert 336-337]

Querqueville (founded 1892)
Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart / Franciscaines du Sacre-Cœur
Formed from Sisters of Villeurbanne
[DIP 4:410-411, Norbert 322]

Reinacker (founded 1827, approved 1830)
Franciscan Sisters of the Mercy / Franciscaines de la Misercorde
Also called Sisters of Reinacker / Sœurs de Reinacker
[CSME 4:1528, DIP 4 :331-333]

Rennes (1947)
Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary / Franciscaines du Sacre Cœur de Marie
[DIP 4:414]

Rodez (founded 1862, approved 1864. foundress: Marie-Jean Vares)
Sisters of Saint Francis of Assisi Nurses of the Sick of Rodez / Sœurs de S.-Francois d’Assise Gardes-Malades de Rodez
Also called Sisters of the Good Death / Sœurs de la Bonne Mort
[CSME 4:1528, DIP 4:243-244, Norbert 386-390]

Saint-Clement-sous-Valsonne (1882)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame de la Pitie
[DIP 4 :373-374]

Saint-Fraimbault-de-Lassy (1841. approved 1913)
Franciscaines Hospitalieres et Institutrices de l’Immaculee Conception.
[DIP 4:381-382]

Saint-Philbert (founded 1842)
Conventual Franciscan Sisters / Les Sœurs Franciscaines Conventuelles
[DIP 4 :245-246, Norbert 249-251]

Saint-Sorlin (founded 1847, papal approval 1931)
Little Sisters of Jesus of St. Francis / Petites Soeurs de Jesus Franciscaines
Also called Les Pauvres Soeurs Franciscaines de Jesus
Also in Switzerland
[CSME 4:1529, Norbert 263-274]

Salles-Lavauguyon, Les (1858)
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of the Temple / Franciscaines de Notre-Dame du Temple
Also called Franciscaines du Saveur au Temple.
[DIP 4:376-378]

Sennece-les-Macon (founded & approved 1865)
Soeurs Franciscaines de Saint-Elisabeth / Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth
[Norbert 175-176]

Seillon (founded 1867, papal approval 1938)
Little Sisters of the Orphans / Petites Soeurs des Orphelins
Also called Franciscaines Servantes de Jesus
Incorporated: Franciscaines de Montferroux et Meplier in 1948.
Also in Italy, Morocco, Spain
[CSME 4:1529, DIP 4:246-250, Norbert 255-262]

Thal (1826, approved 1853. foundresses: Therese Hopfner, Rosine Morgenthaler)
Little Sisters of Christian Charity of Thal / Petites Soeurs Franciscaines de la Charite  Chretienne de Thal
[CSME 4:1529]

Toulouse (1864)
Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Savior / Soeurs Franciscaines de Saint-Saveur
[Norbert 422-427]

Troyes (founded 1854, approved 1899)
Moniales Franciscaines du Tres Saint Sacrement
Founded in Paris, moved to Troyes in 1856
Also in America, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland.
[CSME 4:1529, DIP 4:439, Norbert 132-140]

Vassieux (founded 1604)
Religieuses de Ste-Elizabeth du Monastere de Vassieux
Affiliated with the Capuchins
[CSME 4:1530]

Villeurbanne (founded 1860, approved 1927)
Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart / Franciscaines du Sacre-Coeur
Founded in Macornay, moved to Villeurbanne in 1865
Also in Morocco
[CSME 4:1530, DIP 4:413-414, Norbert 317-322]

Voiron (1836. foundress Julie Point)
Franciscan Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul / Soeurs Franciscaines de Saint-Vincent de Paul.
[DIP 4:440-441]

  Compiled by Paul J. Spaeth