The work of the Feliclan Sisters in America began with a small band of five Sisters who came from Cracow. Poland. in 1874. and settled in Polonia. Wis.. to begin the task of setting up facilities to help the new immigrants to America make the difficult transition to life in a new land and a new culture. The Sisters began their service by devoting themselves to teaching and caring for orphans. In the century of dedicated service to the communities In which they lived and to humanity in need the Sisters expanded their work and their membership from that original group of 5 to almost 5.000 American Sisters.
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