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/ref> As of 2019, there were sisters working in California, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Their healthcare ministries include hospitals, home care, hospice, extended care, and outreach programs. By 1922, the Little Company of Mary congregation had grown large enough to establish provinces with regional provincials. The four provinces were Australasia, England, Ireland and Italy.
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The Little Company of Mary is a Roman Catholic
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religious institute of women (also referred to as the Blue Sisters) dedicated to caring for the suffering, the sick and the dying. The order was founded in 1877 in Nottingham, England by Venerable
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Mary Potter
Mother Mary Potter (22 November 1847 – 9 April 1913) founded the sisters of the Little Company of Mary in 1877. On 8 February 1988, Pope John Paul II proclaimed her Venerable.
Early life
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This religious institute is distinct from Company of Mary
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–an institute for men (also Roman Catholic) founded by Saint Louis de Montfort
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in 1713–and the Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady
The Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady are the members of a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Jeanne de Lestonnac (1556-1640) in France in 1607. The Order's mission is education, focused on the person in all their uniqueness. The ...
–a women's religious order founded by Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac
Jeanne de Lestonnac, Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady, O.D.N., (December 27, 1556 – February 2, 1640), alternately known as Joan of Lestonnac, was a Roman Catholic saint and foundress of the Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady, in ...
in 1607.
History
The Little Company of Mary began in 1877, in an abandoned factory in Hyson Green, Nottingham. Their principal work was the care of the sick and dying.Patrick, Mother Mary. "Sisters of the Little Company of Mary." The Catholic EncyclopediaVol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 27 February 2019 In 1882, they went to
Italy
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. Mary Potter had gone to gain approval for the constitutions of her new congregation, and while there she established Calvary Hospital on the Via S Stefano Rotondo, not far from St. John Lateran
The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...
."Venerable Mary Potter", Calvary Health Care/ref> In 1885, at the request of Cardinal Francis Moran in Sydney, Australia, six sisters traveled by ship to Australia, establishing a community there. Under the leadership of Mother Mary Xavier Lynch, the first provincial for Australasia, the order grew and established numerous hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. She also oversaw the founding of a hospital in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In 1888, the sisters expanded their work to
Ireland
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In 1893, three Little Company of Mary sisters arrived in Chicago
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to begin their ministry in the United States, providing home-based hospice care. In 1930 Little Company of Mary Hospital was founded in Evergreen Park, Illinois./ref> As of 2019, there were sisters working in California, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Their healthcare ministries include hospitals, home care, hospice, extended care, and outreach programs. By 1922, the Little Company of Mary congregation had grown large enough to establish provinces with regional provincials. The four provinces were Australasia, England, Ireland and Italy.
See also
*Little Company of Mary Health Care (Australia)
Little Company of Mary Health Care, also known as Calvary Health Care is an arm of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary in Australia.
It operates a number of health services throughout Australia, including public and Catholic private hospita ...
* Sisters of Finding Jesus in the Temple
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Little Company of Mary
Religious organizations established in 1877 Catholic female orders and societies Catholic religious institutes established in the 19th century 1877 establishments in England {{RC-society-stub