Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary

Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary

Motherhouse in New York City as of 2010.
Abbreviation	F.H.M.
Formation	1916
Founders	Mary Theodore Williams & Ignatius Lissner
Founded at	Savannah, Georgia
Headquarters	New York City
Parent organization	Catholic Church

The Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary are a historically Black Catholic congregation of Religious Sisters co-founded by Mary Theodore Williams and Ignatius Lissner, S.M.A., in 1916. They follow the Rule of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. Their primary mission has always been education, primarily of children of the African-American community.