Mother Magdalen Daemen and Her Congregation: Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity: the Achievements of a Century, 1835-1935

[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1935. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Large octavo in dak red polished cloth; 430 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations, portraits (frontispiece); 21 cm Good(+) with edge-wear, a very few small pencil markjings within; owner name and stamp to front free endpaper. A somewhat worn yet sturdy, readable copy. Hardcover.

The Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity is a Roman Catholic religious congregation for women. A third order secular group, the sisters are not cloistered nuns but active in the world, having historically been primarily involved in teaching, although they have participated in the care of the sick and poor, hospital work, mission work, and other activities. The international congregation was founded by Mother Magdalen (Catherine) Damen (1787-1858) in 1835 in the town of Heythuysen in the Netherlands. The Sisters were asked by Jesuit priests in Buffalo to come and serve the Roman Catholic families of German descent who were living there. In 1874, the first three missionary sisters, accompanied by General Superior Mother Aloysia Lenders, arrived in Buffalo, New York. The Sisters began serving in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo