Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Congregation of
Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Congregation of
A congregation founded for the education of girls by Father Dupuis in Pondicherry, India, 1844 , under the rules of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Assisi. The congregation has 37 convents; to the more important of these an orphanage is usually attached. The religious, numbering 250, are also in charge of schools and pharmacies; the mother-house is at Pondicherry.