Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts (LSWSH)

like the Good Samaritan

Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts Sisters, are united as a religious family through their special devotion to the Sacred Hearts and by their profession of the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience. Our life of communion, grounded in the contemplation and imitation of Jesus and Mary, is fundamental to all we do. The Little Workers' primary apostolate is catechesis. Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts Sisters oversee and teach in our own private schools, as well as in parochial religious education programs.  In addition, we spread the faith to all we touch as doctors, nurses, and caretakers in hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes, and rural mission settings.  

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The Sisters, Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts, are united as a religious family through their special devotion to the Sacred Hearts and by their profession of the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience. Our life of communion, grounded in the contemplation and imitation of Jesus and Mary, is fundamental to all we do.The Little Workers' primary apostolate is catechesis. We oversee and teach in our own private schools, as well as in parochial religious education programs.  In addition, we spread the faith to all we touch as doctors, nurses, and caretakers in hospitals, ophanages, nursing homes, and rural mission settings.  
Charism

Special consecration to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary-“We hope for everything...with perfect trust in the Sacred Heart” -Msgr. Francesco Maria Greco 

Evangelization, particularly in the form of catechesis-“We have to save the children from moral dangers…we have to defend from thousand snares the innocence of children…For me it always appeared beneficial to provide faith education to those of a tender age.”- Msgr. F.M. Greco 

Promotion and elevation of human life-Our Institute aspires to, “like the Good Samaritan, bend over human suffering, to bring to many poor and wretched in body the beneficent dew of hope.”-Msgr. F.M. Greco
Monsignor Francesco Maria Greco was the pastor of a poor but growing parish in Acri, a town located in Calabria, Italy. In 1894, he petitioned several religious congregations to send Sisters to provide formal and religious education to the children of the town.When every religious community refused his request, Monsignor Greco approached a devout catechist named Raffaella DeVincenti and asked her assistance in starting a new religious congregation. Together, Monsignor Greco and Sister Maria Teresa DeVincenti founded the religious community known as Le Piccole Operaie dei Sacri Cuori – The Sisters, Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.Despite its humble beginnings, the work of the congregation spread rapidly throughout Calabria to Rome and northern Italy. Founded in charity and with a particular devotion to the poor, the congregation assumed several apostolates – education (from preschool to the university level as well as catechetical),social work in orphanages and with the local community; and the care of the sick poor in hospitals and nursing homes.In October 1948, nine Sisters left Calabria to begin a new apostolic mission in Stamford, Connecticut with the specific intent to expand their catechetical work in the formal education and spiritual development of young children and adolescents. Upon their arrival, the Sisters staffed Saint Basil’s Preparatory School as well as the Bishop’s chancery.  With God’s help and the sisters’ hard work, they opened two nursery schools: Our Lady of Grace in 1962 and Villa Divino Amore in 1989. In the last 50 years years, thousands of children have been educated in this loving and nurturing environment.  The Sisters subsequently established nursery schools in Philadelphia, Washington and Riverdale, Maryland. Internationally, they have opened new convents across Italy and established missionary houses and novitiates in Argentina, Albania and India.In 2002, the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts also began providing medical and surgical services for the poor and uninsured in Washington DC as well as free physical therapy clinics in Washington DC and Albania. We lead short missions in Haiti and Africa (Sudan, specifically) as a part of our medical mission work.

  • Corporal works of mercy

  •  medical mission work

  • Education mission work

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