Over a 70 Year Legacy of Community Care

Located in West Philadelphia, we are a not for profit, Catholic Ministry of the Felician Sisters. Affordable housing is now provided through Angela Court and Francis House, and we will primarily serve as a navigator, and relationship-builder to bridge service gaps, connecting seniors in western Philadelphia with fragmented health and social services. In addition, the ministry will take on an innovator and collaborator role, creating new programs to address unmet needs where no suitable services exist for seniors.  All this to continue the legacy of Father John Mitchell, original founder of St. Ignatius Nursing Home and Blessed Mary Angela, foundress of the Felician Sisters, to bring change to those we serve. 

Our commitment to our local community is to integrate the essential core values of the Felician Sisters: Respect for Human Dignity, Compassion, Solidarity with People in Need, Transformation and Justice and Peace.

Affordable Housing is being provided to over 180 community members through Angela Court and Francis House. In addition to affordable housing, an advisory committee has been established to best discern how to best serve as a navigator, and relationship-builder to bridge service gaps, connecting seniors in western Philadelphia with fragmented health and social services as well as take on an innovator and collaborator role, creating new programs to address unmet needs where no suitable services exist for seniors.

We will be working with the community, foundations and local organizations to see what services and collaborations are most needed.

For information on Francis House Call us at 215-921-3821

For Information on Angela Court call us at 215-222-7000

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The Felician Sisters of North America are a congregation of women religious, inspired by the spiritual ideals of their Foundress Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska and Saint Francis of Assisi.  The Felician Sisters live in community, dedicating their lives to God and the Church—always striving to live and share the Gospel message through lives of prayer and service as they cooperate with Christ in the spiritual renewal of the world.

Blessed Mary Angela, who founded the order of the Felician Sisters in Poland in 1855, was inspired by the lives and spirituality of Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Clare, and Saint Felix of Cantalice, who were devoted to simplicity, prayer, and service to all in need. This model was adopted for the community life of the Felician Sisters.

Serving where needed since their arrival in North America in 1874, Felician Sisters have led the way in building the social service landscape.

Serving those in need, supporting refugees, providing education, fighting injustice, caring for the sick, sharing spiritual wisdom, empowering women, defending the planet, advocating for peace, fostering community and offering hope — by following Blessed Mary Angela’s direction to “serve where you are needed.”

Learn more about their work throughout North America at www.feliciansistersna.org.

Francis House is located at 46th and Fairmount Avenue and Angela Court is right next door in the same city block on the corner of 44th and Fairmount Avenue. Just a few years ago, St. Ignatius was surrounded by blight and vacant high-rise tenements.  Today, we are part of a beautiful neighborhood renaissance in the Mill Creek section of West Philadelphia.  It is in the “Promise Zone”, an initiative from the federal government that provides grants, federal investment and attention to our neighborhood to help break the cycle of poverty.