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Mother Mary Leona Chojnacka worked with engineers and architects during the Great Depression to construct the provincial motherhouse in Coraopolis, PA, by 1932.

Upon professing her perpetual vows, each sister wore a crown of thorns that she created.

These early photos are of women in stages of formation, some of whom became Felician Sisters.

Sister Mary Susanne Dziedzic and Sister Mary Johnna Ciezobka founded a ministry in Kingstree, SC, that became a melting pot of race, faith, and class.

Sister Mary Alice Sobieraj launched this residential program for children with profound, complex disabilities in 1963.

In 1921, Felician Sisters established their new province in Western Pennsylvania while living in a "provisory" — a temporary provincial house in East McKeesport.

In 1950, Superior General Mother Simplicita Nehring missioned two sisters from the Buffalo province to Niteroi. Many North American Felician Sisters followed.

In 2001, three Felician Sisters responded to a plea for help from the Mooncrest Neighborhood Association.

The third provincial superior of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Province, Mother Mary Leona Chojnacka oversaw the construction of the Coraopolis motherhouse during the Great Depression.