The augustinian order of the Religious Hospitalers of the Charity of Notre Dame was established in Paris in the early XVII-century by sister Françoise de la Croix. The order's main purpose was to serve sick women and children.
From the description of Constitutions des Religieuses Hospitalieres de la Charité Notre Dame, de l'ordre de St. Augustin : etablies á Paris par l'authorité de monseigneur l'illustrissime & reverendissime messire Jean François de Gondy, archevesque de Paris. ca. 1640. (DePaul University). WorldCat record id: 443461922