Franciscan Sisters of Luxemburg (OSF) Alternative Names: Hospitalschwestern von der Hl. Elisabeth vom III. Orden des Hl. Franziskus ; Barmherzige Schwestern vom Heiligen Franziskus (Luxemburg); Sœurs Hospitalière des Ste-Elisabeth; Sisters of Mercy of St. Francis; Popular Name: Luxemburg Sisters Type: Auxiliary missionary society Location:

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Compiler: R.G. Tiedemann
Source: Bibliotheca Missionum, Vol. XIV/3 (1961), pp. 128-129.
Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic (Franciscan)
Date established: 1847.
Commenced work in China in: 1927.
Nationality: Luxemburg
Gender: Female
Fields in China: Shanghai (1927); Wuchang, Hubei (1927); Yongzhou, Hunan (1930); Weihaiwei, Shandong (1934)

Home address: Sœurs Hospitalières de Ste-Elisabeth, 24 boulevard Joseph II, L-1840 Luxembourg (1995)

Official Periodicals: Reports in Der Hilfsmissionar des H. Antonius III (Metz 1927) to IX (1933);
St. Franziszi-Glöcklein XLIX (Innsbruck 1926/27) to LXI (1938-39);
Franciscans in China VI (Wuchang 1927/28) to XII (1933/34);
Der Sendbote des Göttlichen Herzens Jesu LV (Cincinnati 1928) to LXIII (1936).

Literature: Mother Gregoria, Chinesischer Hexenkessel: Missionsfahrt der Luxemburger Franziskanerinnen, 1929/30 (Luxemburg: Mutterhaus der Franziskanerinnen, 1931).

Persons Index: Dufaing d'Aigremont, Anna Elisabeth

Subject Index: hospital sisters/Luxemburg sisters/Franciscan Sisters of Luxemburg/Sisters of Mercy of St. Francis /Fujiachong, Yongzhou, Hunan /Yungchow, Prefecture Apostolic of /Shanghai, Jiangsu /Wuchang, Hubei /Hubei /Weihaiwei, Shandong /Shandong