!!!Tertiarschwestern

Tertiaries (Franciscan Tertiary Sisters), Congregation of the School 
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, founded by M. Hueber in 
Brixen/Bressanone (South Tirol) in 1700; own province in North Tirol 
with seat in the town of Hall since 1928. The order has about 500 
members in North, South, and East Tirol as well as in Bolivia and 
Cameroon, where most of the Order´s missionary work is done. 
Tertiaries focus on social work, which includes running schools, 
hospitals, old people´s homes and convalescent centres.

!Literature
J. Gelmi, Maria Hueber, 1993.


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