The Daughters of Providence of Paris were members of a Catholic religious congregation for women in 17th-century France.
The Daughters had their origins in the "Seminary of Providence" founded in 1643, with the authorization of King Louis XIII, by a pious widow, Marie Polaillon (née de Lumague).
[1] Among the girls who were given shelter in the seminary, those who were capable of providing instruction to the other charges were organized to do that.
Their formation was to be a novitiate lasting two years, after which the Daughters would profess annual vows of obedience, chastity, service and stability.
The remaining houses soon merged with the Canonesses Regular of the Congregation of Notre Dame, founded by Peter Fourier, dedicated to a similar goal.