Founding of Incarnate Word Sisters convent

Brownsville, TX

February 26, 1853

At the invitation of Bp. Jean Odin, Mother St. Claire Valentine and three sisters departed France and made the first foundation of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament sisters in the United States.


Links

Incarnate Word sisters * Catholic Encyclopedia

Book

M.P. Gunning, To Texas with love: A history of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament