Little Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows

The Little Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows (Italian: Suore Minime dell'Addolorata; Latin: Institutum Sororum Minimarum a Virgine Perdolente, M.I.N.) is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common.

Their mission includes missionary work, pastoral ministry, education of youth, and care of the sick and aged.{{Cite web |title=Carisma e spiritualità |url=https://www.minimesantaclelia.it/carisma-e-spiritualita-4.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=MINIME SANTA CLELIA |language=it-it}}

This religious institute was founded in Le Budrie, near San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy, in 1868, by St. Clelia Barbieri.{{Cite web|title=Clelia Barbieri (1847-1870) - biography|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19890409_barbieri_en.html|access-date=2021-06-29|website=www.vatican.va}}

The sisters have houses in Brazil, India,[https://irinjalakudadiocese.com/congregat_for_women/little-sisters-of-mother-of-sorrows/ "Congregations for Women", Diocese of Irinjalakuda][https://www.trichurarchdiocese.org/congregations/provinces/32 "LSMS", Archdiocese of Trichur] Italy and Tanzania. The Generalate of the Congregation can be found in Le Budrie, near Bologna, Italy.{{Cite web |title=Nel mondo: Italia |url=https://www.minimesantaclelia.it/nel-mondo-italia.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=MINIME SANTA CLELIA |language=it-it}} On 31 December 2008, there were 294 sisters{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} in 26 communities.{{Cite web |title=Dove siamo |url=https://www.minimesantaclelia.it/dove-siamo.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=MINIME SANTA CLELIA |language=it-it}} The current superior-general of the institute is Mother Vincenza Di Nuzzo.{{Cite web |title=Superiore Generale {{!}} Chi siamo |url=https://www.minimesantaclelia.it/superiore-generale.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=MINIME SANTA CLELIA |language=it-it}}