Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis

The youngest of five children, she worked for a time as a nanny and as a housekeeper in neighboring towns to help support her widowed mother.

[1] Her spiritual director, Isidor Kirnigl OFM told Hueber of a community of sisters he had met while in Rome, who were dedicated to teaching poor girls.

She and a companion, Regina Pfurner, began to live a religious life according to the Rule of the Franciscan Third Order Regular.

[2] The Cameroon Province was established when five Sisters were sent from Italy in response to a request for help by the Mill Hill Fathers working in that country.

[3] Finding that a major bridge had been washed away by torrential rains, the Sisters were given hospitality by the Catholic populace of Babessi.

They created what they call the "Common Venture" in which the American Sisters mentor the Africans on ways to better their spiritual and professional development.