Daughters of charity

After 300 years of wearing the French Peasants dress the Sisters of the Daughters of Charity modified their habit thanks to French Fashion Designer Christian Dior as seen on the left.

1913 “One of the dreams of Mother Franziska Lechner was to establish a presence of the Daughters of Divine Charity in the United States.” A woman who was very attuned to the events in the world, Mother Franziska was aware that the cities in America were growing at record pace. She knew that ther ...

For centuries, the Daughters of Charity were known by their distinctive white cornette. However, St. Louise de Marillac, the Community's co-founder, did not wear it. The cornette did exist in Louise's time. References to it, and how it should be worn, can be found throughout the letters of both St. Louise and St. Vincent de…

St. Louise De Marillac & Daughters of Charity > Sisters of Charity - Vincentian Sources

Sister André, a Daughter of Charity and the world's oldest known person, died at age 118.

A loss to not have it today. Hollywood would seem to agree. In 1964 the sisters did away with it. Photo taken at Knock, Ireland.

No names, I just thought that this was just a nice photo of a nurse out front on the steps of the Old Sacred Heart Hospital. I had scanned 30 or 40 images from the 1940’s at the hospital bac…

Daughters of Charity, wearing the distinctive Cornett, in 1964 they would give up the Cornett for a more modern headdress.

ST. LOUISE DE MARILLAC, CO-FOUNDRESS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY St. Louise de Marillac, Roman Catholic Nun she met St. Vincent de Paul, who became her spiritual adviser. She devoted the rest of her life to working with him. She helped direct his Ladies of Charity in their work of caring for the sick, the poor, and the neglected. Feastday March 15