About Us
The Congregation of Albertine Sisters Serving the Poor
Congregatio Sororum Albertinarum Pauperibus Inservientium (CSAPI)
or simply known as the Albertine Sisters; are Sisters of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis.
In following the foot steps of Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Brother Albert Chmielowski gave up his promising career as a painter to live among the beggars. So too, the Albertine Sisters consecrate themselves by means of following the evangelical counsels and serving the poorest and most miserable, in whom they recognize the image of the Suffering Jesus. The Sisters take public vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, lead a fraternal life, and give themselves to apostolic activity.
•Founder
St. Brother Albert
(Adam Chmielowski)
•Co-Foundress
Blessed Sister Bernardina
(Maria Jabłońska)
•Date and place of founding
January 15, 1891
in Krakow, Poland
•Superior General
Sister Teresa Maciuszek
ul. Woronicza 10, 31-409 Krakow
Poland
“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
(Matthew 25:40. 35-36)
-Saint Brother Albert
“We do not want to be a poor withering branch of the Franciscan family; let us go straight to the source, we want to follow directly the poverty of our Father Saint Francis who did not want to possess either house, farmland, any place or anything else.”
