Daughters of the Holy Heart of Mary explained

The Daughters of the Holy Heart of Mary (French: Filles du Saint-Cœur de Marie) is a Roman Catholic religious institute, founded in Senegal on May 24, 1858 by Aloyse Kobès. It was the first indigenous religious institute in Africa.^[1]

Kobès became the first Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia.^[2] The first nuns were Thérèse Sagna and Louise de Saint-Jean, the first African nuns outside Ethiopia.^[1]

External links

• 150 years of the Daughters of the Holy Heart of Mary
• « 150 ans de la congrégation des Filles du Saint Cœur de Marie : Un jubilé sous le signe de la grâce et de la rétrospective » (article dans Le Soleil)

Notes and References

1. Book: John Iliffe. The African Poor: a history. 31 May 2012. 25 December 1987. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-34877-5. 111–?.
2. Adrian Hastings, Aloÿs Kobès, Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Accessed 31 May 2012.