THE
SISTERS OF THE SORROWFUL MOTHER
STORY
TOLD WITH PICTURES
We were founded on February 16, 1883 by Mother Frances Streitel. Mother Frances was passionate about
following the holy will of God in every detail of her life. The Lord tested her resolve in that He called
her to found a new religious community that would be a transformative presence
in the world, addressing the fundamental social evils that existed in the world
of her time by uniting action and contemplation, by living a life of strict
poverty, humility, and filial obedience—the obedience that Jesus modeled in
accepting death, even death on the cross. Her journey along this road to
perfection, of imitating the holiness and compassion of God, began, for her,
already as a child. Her mother taught her to share with the poor, to whom her
mother distributed food. As a little child, Mother Frances, known then as
Amalia, gave her desserts to the poor
and went without the sweets so many of us crave!
Already
as a child Mother Frances was taught to be compassionate to others as God is
compassionate. That very characteristic
of holiness underlies the charism of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother and is
an ideal to which her daughters strive. Which ideals/values of your childhood continue to guide you along the everlasting way?
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