Sisters of the Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew

The Sisters of the Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew (French: Filles de la Croix, Sœurs de Saint-André; Latin: Institutum Filiarum Crucis seu Sororum Sancti Andreae), 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 mission includes instruction and education of youth and care of the sick. In 2000, Maria Laura Mainetti, an Italian Sister of the Cross, was stabbed to death in a satanic sacrifice by three teenage girls in Chiavenna.

Sisters of the Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew

The Sisters of the Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew (French: Filles de la Croix, Sœurs de Saint-André; Latin: Institutum Filiarum Crucis seu Sororum Sancti Andreae), 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 mission includes instruction and education of youth and care of the sick. In 2000, Maria Laura Mainetti, an Italian Sister of the Cross, was stabbed to death in a satanic sacrifice by three teenage girls in Chiavenna.