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Marian
Sisters |
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Lincoln
Locations: Blessed Sacrament, Madonna Rehabilitaion Hospital, North American Martyrs, Pius X, Sacred Heart, St. Patrick, St. John, and Motherhouse |
St.
Mary and Aquinas Catholic Schools St.
Wenceslaus and Bishop Neumann Schools |
| Sister Marta Silna
and Sister Theresa Gottvald, the foundresses of the Marian Sisters, were
members of the Mercy Sisters of St. Francis in Czechoslovakia. In 1950,
they escaped Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Bishop Kucera invited them
to serve at St. Thomas Orphanage. In 1954, the Marian Sisters were established
as the first Lincoln diocesan religious community. In 1963, Marycrest
Motherhouse was built. The Community received Papal approval in 1983.
The Sisters followed the Franciscan Rule and their own Constitutions.
Their charism is to "Do God's Will joyfully in imitation of Mary
and Saint Francis." The Marian Sisters teach in ten Catholic schools
in Lincoln, David City, and Wahoo. Sisters also serve at Villa
Marie, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Diocesan Chancery.
Taken from the History of The Diocese of Lincoln 1987-2002 - Vol. II |
Franciscan Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother