Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo
The title Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo refers to a number of female Catholic religious congregations sharing one rule and tradition. History They were originally established in 1626 as a pious association of ladies formed in 1626 for the care of the sick in the hospital of St. Charles at Nancy. In 1652, they adopted constitutions drawn up by Dom Epiphane Louys, Abbot of Estivals and Vicar General of the reformed Premonstratensians and placed themselves under the patronage of St. Charles Borromeo, called the "Apostle of Charity".. By the middle of the 18th century the congregation was in charge of numerous hospitals, and shortly afterwards took up as an additional task the Christian education of children. During the French Revolutionary period the members, although dispersed and deprived of their religious habit, continued their work so heroically as to win the encomiums of their persecutors. On 22 July 1804, they resumed their wearing of the habit, having obtained the approval of Napoleon, and were soon in a flourishing condition. Organisation and branching Their rule, based on the rule of St. Augustine, received papal approbation in 1859, and additional constitutions were confirmed by Leo XIII in 1892. Their work includes the