The Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions, also known as Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions (and as RNDM from the French name ''Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions''),''Ann. Pont. 2007'', p. 1644. is a

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of women. They were founded in

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, France, in 1861 by Adèle Euphrasie Barbier (1829 - 1893). The congregation has missions in

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Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

, countries in

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and

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.DIP, vol. III (1976), coll. 1652-1653, voce a cura di G. Rocca. Sisters of the Congregation were involved in the running of the

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including the

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. The school was founded by four sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions and was subsequently run by the

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