The Sisters of the Divine Savior (also known as the Salvatorian Sisters) is a Roman Catholic religious institute Conventionally, the letters SDS are used to identify the institute.
Worldwide, the institute has about 1200 sisters in 26 countries on five continents.[1] [2]
The institute was founded on December 8, 1888, in Tivoli, Italy.
One of the co-founders, Blessed Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan, was beatified on May 15, 2021, in Rome. He also founded the Salvatorian Fathers and Brothers in 1881. Co-founder Blessed Mary of the Apostles (Therese von Wüllenweber), was born on February 19, 1833. She was beatified by Pope Paul VI on October 13, 1968, in Rome.
The institute has served in the US in the area education and health care. In 2021, the Sisters serve in pastoral care, jail ministry, spiritual direction, ESL tutoring and advocacy for anti-human trafficking efforts.
The U.S. Province of the institute is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Sisters serve as religious sponsor for Divine Savior Holy Angels High School[3] and Hadley Terrace Senior Apartments, both in Milwaukee.[4]