Who whe are
WHO WHE ARE
We live the gospel of Jesus
We are the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Mother of Sorrows, Third Order Regular of St Francis of Assisi, a religious community of women who desire to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ. By our profession of poverty, chastity and obedience we work to promote the kingdom of God.
The Rule and life of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St Francis form our foundation. We follow Jesus as Franciscan religious, according to the vision of our foundress, Venerable Mother Frances Streitel of the Cross.
We venerate Mary, Mother of Sorrows, whose title we bear, and we look to Mary, virgin and mother, as a model of faith, contemplation of the word of God, humble discipleship and tender compassion. (The Way of Our Life n° 1-3).




THE LORD LED ME IN UNEXPECTED AND UNUSUAL WAYS
The ways of God
Rome, 16 February 1883. It was here that the ways of God, ‘unexpected and unusual’, led Mother Frances. Invited by the founder of the Apostolic Teaching Society Fr Jordan, this stainless seeker of God, having made due discernment with the spiritual father who was following her in those years, leaves Munich and reaches the Eternal City by train. Collaborating in the foundation of the female branch of Fr Jordan’s Work would be the first stretch of those unusual paths that she would tread with audacity throughout her life. A small flat had been prepared for her at 151 Via Borgo Nuovo.

