School Sisters of St. Francis
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Sr. Mary Ana Steele Address: Sancta Maria Convent, P.O. Box 906, Panhandle, Texas 79068-0906 Phone: 806-537-3182 Fax: 806-537-3479
Website:
www.panhandlefranciscans.org
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Founded in
Hallein, Salzburg in 1723 by Mother Hyazintha Zechner, the
Congregation of the School Sisters of the Third Order Regular of
St. Francis took as its purpose the education of the daughters
of the salt miners of Salzburg. In 1845, the Empress Karolina
Augusta requested the sisters' presence in Vienna to educate the
daughters of the militia. In addition to our Motherhouse in
Vienna, we now have houses in Texas where we work in Catholic
elementary schools; we help to staff a nursing home; and we work
with religious education programs in different parishes. We also
have houses in Argentina.
Our religious family, the School Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, a congregation of papal right, has for its purpose: to follow Christ in the spirit of St. Francis by living the evangelical counsels, and by pursuing in a spirit of selfless love and joyful sacrifice the work of our foundress--the Christian education of youth. In addition to this apostolate, especially emphasized by the Second Vatican Council, "We gladly dedicate ourselves to works of Christian charity wherever the need calls us, according to our strength and within the framework of our Constitutions." (Constitutions, Chapter One) Applicants from 17 to 35 will be given consideration and an opportunity to visit. A desire to surrender oneself to God in the service of the Church is perhaps the most essential prerequisite! |
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