Congregatio Sororum S. Felicis A Cantalicio | |
Abbreviation | CSSF |
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Formation | 1855 |
Type | religious congregation |
Headquarters | Via Aurelia, 472, 00165 Rome, Italy |
Membership | 1500 (2016) |
Affiliations | Roman Catholic Church |
The Felician Sisters, in full Congregation of Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisi (abbreviated CSSF), is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of and live in common. This religious institute was founded in Warsaw, Poland, in 1855, by Angela Truszkowska, and named for a shrine of Saint Felix of Cantalice, a 16th-century Capuchin especially devoted to children.