Sisters of St Francis of The Martyr St George

Sisters Of St Francis Of The Martyr St George

The Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George is a Roman Catholic Congregation of consecrated women based on the spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi. Mother M. Anselma Bopp and Father John Gerard Dall founded the Order in Thuine, Germany, in 1869. The Order expanded to the U.S. in 1923 with the founding of a Provincialate and Novitiate in Alton, Illinois, which continues to be the location of the Motherhouse—the main convent. They are also located in other areas of Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, New Jersey, Ohio, Washington, D.C., Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, as well as missions in Brazil and Cuba.