Italy, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Portugal, Scotland,
USA, Wales, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Sr. Catherine
Deubel, 50 Wilson Park Dr., Tarrytown, NY 10591;
(914) 631-8872; e-mail: cdcathydeubel@gmail.com;
website: www.rshm.org.
Code #273.
WOMEN’S COMMUNITIES
Religious Teachers Filippini (M.P.F.) Continuing
the work of Christ the teacher through education,
pastoral ministry, retreats, and foreign missions.
The Religious Teacher Filippini, inspired by their
foundress, St. Lucy Filippini, build the Kingdom
and bring new hope to God’s people by dedicating
themselves to Christian education. Community
life is nurtured by Scripture, Eucharistic
Adoration, daily mass, and common prayer. The
sisters minister in the northeast and southwest
United States, as well as in Italy, Brazil, Ethiopia,
Eritrea, India, England, Ireland, Switzerland, and
Albania. As vibrant, enthusiastic women, they are
passionately committed to the education of youth
and adults as teachers, administrators, tutors, and
aides in elementary and secondary schools and
institutions of higher education. They also direct
retreat houses, provide spiritual direction and
serve in parish ministry and missionary work. As
RELIGIOUS who care for others and TEACHERS
who preach the Word of God, the FILIPPINI
Sisters continue the mission of Christ the teacher.
Contact: Sr. Shirlee Tremont, 455 Western Ave.,
Morristown, NJ 07960; (718) 259-9844; e-mail:
stbernadetteconvent@gmail.com; website: www.
filippiniusa.org.
See ad on page 61. Code #051.
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Salesian Sisters (F.M.A.) The Salesian Family is the largest Religious Community in the world. Over 14,000 Sisters and 16,000 Priests and Brothers—
changing the world one young person at a time. Our
mission is one: We’re all about YOUTH! (We really
love kids!) We serve youth in schools, youth groups,
catechetical centers, youth centers, summer camps,
retreat centers, and mission lands. We’re in over 90
countries. In the U.S. we are present in Arizona,
California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana,
New Jersey, New York, and Texas. We are known for
deep devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist, a great love
for Mary, and our fidelity to the Pope. Check out our
website: www.salesiansisters.org or e-mail us:
happynun@yahoo.com. “Like Mary, for Jesus and for
the Young.”
See ad on page 13. Code #117.
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School Sisters of Notre Dame (S.S.N.D.) Founded
in Germany by Blessed Theresa Gerhardinger, School
Sisters of Notre Dame are a vibrant international
congregation of vowed apostolic women with
nearly 3000 members, living and ministering in
34 countries. We are women of hope, committed
to bringing Jesus’ message of love and unity to
our world. Our life in mission integrates prayer,
community life and ministry. Believing that our
international presence gives us a unique global
responsibility, we address urgent needs of our time,
particularly those of women, youth and those who
are poor. Engaged in a variety of ministries, we
are educators at heart, believing the world can be
changed through the transformation of persons. Some
of our ministries include formal education, social
services, parish and retreat ministry, health care and
missionary service. Contact School Sisters of Notre
Dame: e-mail: sisters@ssnd.org; website: www.ssnd.
org; You Tube: www.youtube.com/sistersofnotredame;
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ssnd.northamerica.
See our web ad at www.VocationNetwork.org.
School Sisters of St. Francis (OSF)—Milwaukee,
WI We are an international community of Catholic
sisters who unite with others to build a just and
peaceful world. Founded in 1874, we have sisters,
associates, staff, donors and volunteers actively
working to live the Good News of Jesus and witness
to the presence of God as we enter into the lives and
needs of people around the world, especially those
who are poor. We strive to be a source of new life,
new meaning and new hope, and our mission is
thriving throughout the United States, Europe, Latin
America and India. Sustained by our Franciscan
spirituality and prayer, our ministries include
education, holistic wellness and healing, pastoral
care, social justice and social services, and the arts.
Please contact Sister Lee Agnes Hodapp or Sister
Patricia Throener, 1515 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee,
WI 53215; (402) 727-7542; e-mail: vocations@sssf.
org; website: www.sssf.org.
Code #053.
School Sisters of St. Francis (O.S.F.)—Pittsburgh,
PA We are a congregation of Franciscan women
living in “Intimate Union with God in the midst of
Apostolic Service.” As Gospel women, transformed
by the Eucharist, ministering by our joyful presence,
we are a prophetic voice in the world. Relational
living is central to our life: developing a deep
relationship with God through daily Eucharist and
communal and private prayer; living as “Sisters” by
sharing prayer, meals, sorrows and joys; relating to
those we serve by our loving ministry; and living
in relationship with all Creation through care of
the earth. Our sisters minister in formal education;
retreat, youth and parish ministry; health and elder
care; mission work; social services and prayer
ministry in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Texas, Rome (Italy), Slovakia and South Africa.
Contact: Vocation Director, Mount Assisi Convent,
934 Forest Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202; (412)
761-6004; e-mail: vocationsosf@gmail.com; website:
vocationsosf.wordpress.com.
Code #357.
School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King (SSFCR) The Congregation of the School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King is an international order of religious women
who serve the church throughout the world. In the
United States there are over 45 sisters who offer
themselves to the church through ministries of
education, administration, religious education, care
of the sick and elderly, in parish ministries, and in
food service. As Franciscan women in the church
today, we seek to live in a spirit of humility, simplicity,
and total dedication to building God’s Kingdom on
earth. Through prayer, Gospel living, service and
community sharing, we walk together in hope and
joy. Girls, or women between 18 and 34 years of age,
are encouraged to contact us. Sr. Mary Terese,
Vocation Director, Mt. Assisi Convent, 13900 Main
St., Lemont, IL 60439; (630) 257-7524; e-mail:
vocareosf@yahoo.com; website: www.
lemontfranciscans.org.
See ad on page 88. Code #140.
Servants of the Blessed Sacrament (S.S.S.) A
worldwide Eucharistic contemplative community, we
maintain Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in our
public Chapels. Our life of prayer is shared with others
according to the talents of the Sisters, e.g. spiritual
guidance, Eucharistic Minister, organist. Age limit:
20-45. Education: 2 years college or work experience.
Contact: Vocation Director, 101 Silver St., Waterville,
ME 04901; (207) 872-7072; e-mail: srcathcaron@
hotmail.com; website: www.blesacrament.org.
Code #054.
Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary (S. S.C.M.) A
religious congregation serving the needs of the
church through parish ministry, health care,
teaching, counseling, and human services. The
sisters serve in the dioceses of Belleville, Chicago,
Rockford, Joliet, and Peoria. The heart of the
ministry of the SERVANTS OF THE HOLY HEART
OF MARY is the support and challenge of their
lives of PRAYER AND COMMUNITY. It is personal
prayer, as well as through the liturgical prayer of the
church, that the sisters are impelled to ministry and
community. For more information please contact:
Vocation Office, Servants of the Holy Heart of
Mary, 717 North Batavia Avenue, Batavia, IL 60510;
(815) 370-7228; e-mail: vocation@sscm-usa.org;
website: www.sscm-usa.org. See our web ad at www.
VocationNetwork.org.
Code #055.
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary (I.H.M.)—Immaculata, PA Animated by our
charism of love, creative hope, and fidelity, and in
imitation of Mary, we proclaim the Gospel message
in the spirit of Jesus the Redeemer. Strengthened by
a life of vowed consecration, nurtured by prayer and
the Eucharist, and sustained by community living,
we radiate joyful service and promote Gospel values,
offering compassion to all God’s people through our
mission to evangelize, to catechize, and to teach.
In the spirit of St. Alphonsus, we promote peace
and justice in addressing the needs of the most
abandoned poor. For information contact Sr. Rose
Bernadette Mulligan, Villa Maria House of Studies,
1140 King Rd. Immaculata, PA 19345-0200; (610)
889-1553; e-mail: ihmvoc@aol.com; website: www.
ihmimmaculata.org.
See ad on page 34. Code #187.
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I.H.M.)—Monroe, MI We are a progressive, visionary faith
community of 400 sisters, as well as 120 associates, and
volunteers who join our God quest leading us along
new pathways today. Our mission has evolved and
grown in response to the pressing global, social, and
ecological injustices in the world. Those needs offer us
various opportunities in ministry, including traditional
and nontraditional education, justice advocacy,
spirituality and sustainability. We build community
that sustains us as individuals, as sisters and as
interdependent members of the entire community of
life. We are willing to take risks for the sake of the
future and trust in divine providence. Contact us at our
Membership Office, 610 West Elm Avenue, Monroe,
MI 48162; (734) 240-9820; e-mail: membership@
ihmsisters.org; website: www.ihmsisters.org.
See ad on page 87. Code #258.
Sisters of Charity (Federation) The Sisters of
Charity Federation is comprised of 12 religious
