Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota
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The Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota is a Roman Catholic religious congregation for women. The congregation was founded in 1877 by Mother Mary Alfred Moes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona. The motherhouse, which is in Rochester, Minnesota, is called Assisi Heights.
The congregation founded Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester), which is now part of the Mayo Clinic, and it still maintains a close connection with the hospital. The Sisters operate schools and a clinic in Bogotá, Colombia. They also run a spiritual retreat center in Janesville, Minnesota.
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- Kraman, OSF, Carlan. Odyssey in Faith: The Story of Mother Alfred Moes. Rochester, MN: Sisters of St. Francis, 1990.
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- Roman Catholic female orders and societies
- Congregations of Franciscan sisters
- Christianity in Minnesota
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Religious organizations established in 1877
- Roman Catholic organizations established in the 19th century
- Roman Catholic religious orders established in the 19th century
