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Felician Sisters

Congregation of Sisters of
St. Felix of Cantalice
Congregatio Sororum S. Felicis A Cantalicio
AbbreviationCSSF
Formation1855
Typereligious congregation
HeadquartersVia Aurelia, 472, 00165
Rome, Italy
Membership1500 (2016)
AffiliationsRoman Catholic Church
Blessed Mary Angela, foundress of the Felician sisters
Chapel (1936) of the Felician sisters in Livonia, Michigan

The Felician Sisters, in full Congregation of Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisi (abbreviated CSSF), is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of and live in common. This religious institute was founded in Warsaw, Poland, in 1855, by Angela Truszkowska, and named for a shrine of Saint Felix of Cantalice, a 16th-century Capuchin especially devoted to children.


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Schwestern vom hl. Felix von Cantalice German Sœurs de Saint Félix de Cantalice French Suore di San Felice da Cantalice Italian Felicjanki Polish Irmãs Felicianas Portuguese

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