The Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Sick Poor (Italian: Piccole Serve del Sacro Cuore di Gesù per gli Ammalati Poveri; Latin: Congregatio Parvarum Servarum a S. Corde Iesu pro infirmis pauperibus; abbreviation: P.S.S.C.) is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common.

Their principal mission is to visit and tend the lonely sick who were suffering and dying at home.

Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Sick Poor

This religious institute was founded in Turin, Italy, in 1874, by bd. Giovanna Francesca Michelotti.

Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Sick Poor

The sisters have houses in Italy, Romania and Madagascar. The Generalate of the Congregation can be found in Turin, Italy.

Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Sick Poor

On 31 December 2005 there are 158 sisters in 21 communities.

External links

Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Sick Poor official site

Catholic female orders and societies

Religious organizations established in 1874

Catholic religious institutes established in the 19th century

1874 establishments in Italy