The Sisters of the Annunciation (Sœurs de l'Annonciade) are a religious congregation of Franciscan contemplatives formed in honour of the Annunciation at Bourges by Joan of France in 1501.
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In 1501 Joan founded the order since, in her own words, "on earth, each of us, well knowing our own deficiencies, must even so conform to the life of the Virgin Mary, to the honor of God and the health of the world." She headed the order and it was approved by Pope Urban VI in 1502. She gained so much help in founding the community from her confessor, Father Gabriel-Maria (c.1462 - 27 August 1532), a Franciscan monk, that he is sometimes considered its co-founder.
It currently has five monasteries in France and two abroad: