Comboni Missionary Sisters

[clarification needed] The attempt to set up the female branch failed and was postponed, so Comboni spoke to the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition.

[10][clarification needed] With the support of these sisters[10] and the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, Comboni founded the Institute of the Motherland of Nigrizia in Montorio Veronese in Verona, Italy on 1 January 1872.

[11][12] Eventually, Maria Bollezzoli,[a] who had joined the order on 6 September 1874,[8] emerged as a strong first General Superior,[8] and led the Pious Mothers through rapid development[11][12] until her death in 1901.

[8] Between 1930 and 1960, they spread even more to additional African countries, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, and created new centers for novitiate formation in Europe.

"[3] Contrary to typical views at the time, he regarded them as of equal dignity with the male missionaries in Africa, and wanted them to have the same training and practices.

[15][16] Comboni listed the activities of early sisters: "religious instruction, school, orphanages, refuges for slaves, nursing the sick in hospital and at home, baptism in harems and in pagan families.

[12] The Comboni Missionary Sisters are present in Europe (Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Spain), Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia), the Americas (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, United States of America) and Asia (United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Israel);[17] The headquarters is on Tito Livio Avenue in Rome.