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.
Kobès became the first Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia. The first nuns were Thérèse Sagna and Louise de Saint-Jean, the first African nuns outside Ethiopia.
References
- ^ John Iliffe (25 December 1987). The African Poor: a history. Cambridge University Press. pp. 111–?. ISBN 978-0-521-34877-5. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- Adrian Hastings, Aloÿs Kobès Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Accessed 31 May 2012.
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) (in French)
