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- The Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception are members of a Roman Catholic religious institute of consecrated women, which was founded in Portugal in 1871. They follow the Rule of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. and, as the term “hospitaller” indicates, focus their ministries on a spirit of medical care. Their charism emphasizes hospitality and service under the model of the Good Samaritan. In this congregation, the postnominal initials used after each Sister's name is "F.H.I.C." The Sisters’ mission, as expressed by their foundress, Mother Maria Clara, is “to do good where good needs to be done”. These words have paved the way for a large variety of apostolates including education, catechesis, healthcare, pastoral work, assisting the elderly, missionary work, running orphanages, assisting immigrants, and assisting the homeless. The local needs where each convent is located oftentimes determine the apostolates of the sisters who live there, although generally each sister is also able to choose her preferred field of ministry to carry out. Ordinarily the habits that the sisters wear are grey, but those sisters working in the healthcare field don white habits while they are working. The daily prayer life of the sisters in this order consists of Mass, an hour of Eucharistic adoration, Liturgy of the Hours, and the rosary. (en)
- Les franciscaines hospitalières de l'Immaculée Conception (en latin : Congregationis Sororum Franciscalium Hospitalariarum ab Immaculata Conceptione) sont une congrégation religieuse féminine hospitalière et missionnaire de droit pontifical. (fr)
- Le Suore Francescane Ospedaliere dell'Immacolata Concezione (in portoghese Irmãs Franciscanas Hospitaleiras da Imaculada Conceição) sono un istituto religioso femminile di diritto pontificio: i membri di questa congregazione pospongono al loro nome la sigla C.O.N.F.H.I.C. (it)
- A Congregação das Irmãs Franciscanas Hospitaleiras da Imaculada Conceição MHM é uma congregação religiosa católica fundada na Áustria (onde é conhecida por Institut der Schulschwestern zu Graz) e que tem como missão principal a educação da infância e da juventude. (pt)
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