Daughters of Divine Charity
Daughters of Divine Charity
A religious congregation founded in Vienna, 1868 , by Franziska Lechner. The Sisters provide shelter, care, and means of obtaining a position for women who are trying to find employment; they also care for servants no longer able to work, and conduct schools. The congregation has approximately 20 houses, including residences for women and schools, in Austria, Hungary, Germany , Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland , England , the United States, and South America. The mother-house is in Vienna; religious total about 2000.