Who are the Sisters?
Sisters at Mother of Good Counsel Home with Mother Maria Cordis and Mother M. Maximilia in February 2019 On November 25, 1869, four Sisters began an adventure as the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George in Thuine. A small village in northwestern Germany (not far from the Dutch border) saw the beginnings of the congregation destined to spread throughout the world with women of extremely diverse backgrounds coming together to strive to make the merciful love of Christ visible in service to the Church. This year we celebrate 150 years of this adventure. Our Congregation grew to include convents in the Netherlands, Japan, Indonesia, Brazil, Italy, Albania, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ... and the United States. Our Sisters arrived in the United States in 1923 and have served in apostolic works from healthcare to teaching --- and in all aspects of both --- to missionary work, care for the poor, domestic service, administrative services and all sorts o