Following the Rule of St. Francis, and as members of the Franciscan family, we are women dedicated to sharing our lives in prayer, community and ministry. Our Motherhouse is located in Frankfort, Illinois, in the south suburbs of Chicago. Our Sisters live together in convents that are located in Illinois, Indiana and California as well as in the Amazon area of  Brazil, South America.

Our ministries were defined by our founder, Father Wilhelm Berger, as "works of neighborly love".

 

In today's Church we serve in the area of health care in hospitals, clinics, home health programs, support programs for pregnant teens and social service programs; we minister in education as teachers, administrators, librarians and religious education coordinators; we serve in parish ministry as liturgists, pastoral associates, youth ministers and coordinators of parish programs; and we bring the presence of Christ to others though retreat ministry and college campus ministry. We also minister among the base communities of the Amazon area of Brazil, South America.