Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary

Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary

Motherhouse in NYC as of 2010.
Abbreviation	FHM
Formation	1916; 108 years ago (1916)[citation needed]
Founders	Mary Theodore Williams
Founded at	Savannah, Georgia
Headquarters	Manhattan
Parent organization	Catholic Church

The Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary are a historically Black Catholic congregation of nuns co-founded by Mary Theodore Williams and Ignatius Lissner in 1916. They follow the Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis. Their primary mission has always been education, primarily of children of the African-American community.