The Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (more commonly known as the Franciscan Sisters of Glasgow) were founded in Glasgow in 1847 by Sisters Adelaide Vaast and Veronica Cordier from the Franciscan Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels, in Tourcoing, France in response to a request from Father Peter Forbes for sisters to teach the poor children of the parishes. Besides their work in education, the sisters are involved in parish ministry, social work and health care in Scotland, England, Ireland, the US, Rome, Nigeria, and Kenya. In 1865 Father Pamfilo of Magliano adapted their rule for the then recently established Franciscan Sisters of Allegany,