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Frances Margaret "Fanny" Allen (November 13, 1784 – September 10, 1819) was the first New England woman to become a Catholic nun. The daughter of Revolutionary War officer Ethan Allen, she converted to Catholicism and entered the Montreal convent of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph in 1811.
The UVM Medical Center's Fanny Allen Campus is located at 790 College Parkway in Colchester, VT.
22 de set. de 2019 · Fanny Allen laughed through her baptism -- and got scolded for it -- and had a vision of St. Joseph. What a story!
The Fanny Allen Foundation was established to continue the mission of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph into the community by supporting nonprofit organizations that reflect the...
14 de jun. de 2024 · She was a Vermonter in Canada, the first woman from New England to become a Catholic religious, and the daughter of deist, rationalist and American Revolutionary hero, Ethan Allen. Fanny Allen was born on Nov. 13, 1784. Her father died when she was 4 years old and her mother, also named Fanny, remarried (to Dr. Jabez Penniman).
Fanny Allen converted to Catholicism and became a nun, an extraordinary decision at the time and one that might have horrified her famous father, Ethan.
Fanny Allen became the first Catholic nun from New England and a beacon to many former Vermont skeptics who converted to Catholicism. Fanny was a model of prayerful service as she nursed wounded soldiers in Montreal amid great poverty and imminent threat of disease during the War of 1812.
