Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis

The Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis are a Catholic apostolic congregation of pontifical right based in Reading, Pennsylvania. The order was founded in 1894 by Mother Veronica Grzedowska, a Polish nun from Zakliczyn, for the instruction of poor girls in a parish in Mount Carmel. As of 2010, the order had more than 380 members in more than 50 houses.

Ministries
The following are among this organization's areas of ministry:


 * Education (early, elementary, secondary, special, and higher)
 * Elder care
 * Foreign missions
 * Healthcare
 * Homecare
 * Ministry (diocesan, pastoral, retreat, social)
 * Outreach to the poor
 * Prison ministry