Little Women (2019 film) Little Women (2019 film) Little Women is an upcoming drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig. It is the eighth adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. The film stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Chris Cooper and Meryl Streep. The film is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2019, by Columbia Pictures. "Little Women" explores the lives of sisters in 1860s Massachusetts. According to its producer, the new adaptation focuses more on the March sisters' young adult lives, particularly after
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary The Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary were founded by Blessed Mary Catherine Troiani, O.S.F., in 1868 in Cairo, Egypt. Costanza Troiani was born in the Roman suburb of Giuliano on January 9, 1813. When she was only six, her mother died in a domestic accident. Costanza was then entrusted to the care of the nuns of St. Clare of Charity in the Monastery of Ferentino. She drew inspiration from the Lives of the Saints and periodicals describing the life of the missionaries. At the age of 16,