The Congregation Today
The congregation is now called the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The work of the Sisters continued to spread through the continent of Africa, expanding to West Africa, and then to both North America and to South America as well as to Asia. They now number some 900 Sisters and serve in 15 countries on 5 continents.
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