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The Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota is a
The congregation founded Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester), which is now part of the
Sister-nurses tended to the sick, cooked the patients’ meals, did the laundry, stoked the furnace and even used the hair of convent horses to make surgical sutures.
The Sisters also continued their work in education, staffing parochial schools in Minnesota and beyond, while also establishing academies in Owatonna and Rochester. Their work included post-secondary education, and in 1894, they founded what would become the
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Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota
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The Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota is a Roman Catholic
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religious congregation
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for women. The congregation was founded in 1877 by Mother Mary Alfred Moes in the Diocese of St. Paul of Minnesota. The motherhouse, which is in Rochester, Minnesota
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, is called Assisi Heights.
History
In 1876, Sister Mary Alfred Moes, along with her birth sister, Sister Barbara (Catherine) Moes, and 23 other Franciscan Sisters fromJoliet, Illinois
Joliet ( ) is a city in Will County, Illinois, Will and Kendall County, Illinois, Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County, Illinois, Will County. It had a population of ...
, came to Rochester, Minnesota, to establish Our Lady of Lourdes School. However, in 1877, a dispute over finances regarding the new academy led Chicago Bishop Thomas Foley to direct the sisters to separate from the Joliet Community.
The congregation founded Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester), which is now part of the Mayo Clinic
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. The grounds were purchased by the sisters
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, and the building was erected under the supervision of the Mother Superior.Amberg, Marion. "Mayo Clinic: The Franciscan Connection", ''St. Anthony Messenger'', Franciscan MediaSister-nurses tended to the sick, cooked the patients’ meals, did the laundry, stoked the furnace and even used the hair of convent horses to make surgical sutures.
The Sisters also continued their work in education, staffing parochial schools in Minnesota and beyond, while also establishing academies in Owatonna and Rochester. Their work included post-secondary education, and in 1894, they founded what would become the College of Saint Teresa
The College of Saint Teresa was a Catholic women's college in Winona, Minnesota, United States. Previously a women's seminary, it became a college in 1907 and was operated by the Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota until its clos ...
in Winona, Minnesota
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."Our History", Sisters of St. Francis, Rochester, Minnesota/ref>
Present day
Many Sisters work in areas of social service, spiritual care and service abroad. Others continued their ministries in health care and education. The Sisters operate schools and a clinic inBogotá
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, Colombia
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. They also run a spiritual retreat center in Janesville, Minnesota
Janesville is a city in Waseca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,256 at the 2010 census.
U.S. Highway 14 serves as a main route in the community, running east–west, south of Janesville. County Road 3 runs north–sou ...
. As of 2004, there were about 300 members of the congregation./ref>
See also
* Florence Church Bullard * St. Francis, Minnesota *'' Women of Mayo Clinic''Notes
References
* Kraman, OSF, Carlan. ''Odyssey in Faith: The Story of Mother Alfred Moes''. Rochester, MN: Sisters of St. Francis, 1990.External links
Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota
{{coord, 44, 02, 26, N, 92, 28, 48, W, display=title Catholic female orders and societies Congregations of Franciscan sisters Christianity in Minnesota Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Buildings and structures in Rochester, Minnesota Religious organizations established in 1877 Catholic organizations established in the 19th century Catholic religious orders established in the 19th century 1877 establishments in Minnesota Mayo Clinic people Women in Minnesota