GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 4: Outside United States
Germany: DE2-5

Poor Sisters of St. Francis Seraph of Perpetual Adoration. Generalate
Olpe, Deutschland

 

History: Blessed Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel founded the Poor Sisters of St. Francis Seraph of the Perpetual Adoration (a.k.a. Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration) in Olpe, Germany, 1863. They self-identify with the post-nominal initials, "O.S.F." and made their first U.S. foundation in Indiana, 1875, which eventually became two provinces that ministered to Native Americans in New Mexico (e.g. Apache, Jemez, Navajo, Zuni):

1904-1932	Immaculate Heart of Mary Province (Mishawaka, Indiana)
1932-1990s	St. Joseph Province (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans in the United States: Unknown.  

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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