GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-39

Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi. Archives
3221 South Lake Drive
St. Francis, WI 53235

Phone: 414-744-1160
Email: See website

 

History: The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi were founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1849, and separated from the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 1871. Their members have self-identified with the post-nominal initials, “O.S.F.”

Sister José Hobday (1929-2009, Seneca-Seminole) professed vows in the community, 1955. She became a popular public speaker and author on prayer and spirituality who participated in the Tekakwitha Conference, 1970s-2000s, and assisted its transition from a Catholic missionary to a Catholic Native American organization. She taught on the high school and university levels and served on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha parish, South Tucson, Arizona, late 1970s, 2004.

 

Holdings of Native Catholic records: Records and papers pertaining to Sister José Hobday.

 

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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