information, contact: Lou Anglin, BVM; Kathy Carr,
BVM; 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003;
(563) 588-2351; e-mail: newmember@bvmcong.org;
website: www.bvmcong.org. See our web ad at www.
VocationNetwork.org.
Code #296.
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (CCVI), Houston, TX We are an international, multicultural, apostolic ongregation. We commit ourselves to
being “gospels of love,” by creating communities that
are gospel based and supportive. We respond with
others in faith to the pain and brokenness of our
world, risking new pathways in direct service to the
sick, the elderly, the orphaned, in education and to
unmet needs and challenging oppressive structures.
Our ministries extend to the United States, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Ireland, and Kenya. If you feel
“CALLED TO SERVE” please contact Sister Mary
Patricia Driscoll, or Sister Kim Phuong Tran; e-mail:
vocationoffice@CCVI-VDM.org; (713) 928-6053;
website: www.sistersofcharity.org.
See ad on page 159. Code #061.
WOMEN’S COMMUNITIES
Sisters of Christian Charity (S.C.C.) The Sisters of Christian Charity, an international, active apostolic congregation exist to live and make visible the love of Christ today. The
charism of Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt,
foundress, impels the sisters to be women of deep
faith who will refresh the millennium with “joyous,
youthful enthusiasm and energy, the fruit of intimacy
with Jesus in the Eucharist,” (S.C.C. Documents).
Like Mary, the community seeks to be open to the
formative power of the Holy Spirit, which transforms
it into the bread and wine of Christ’s love. Pauline’s
Eucharistic vision leads the Sisters into the future as
a community of love, a people commissioned to bring
“good news to the poor . . . sight to the blind . . .
liberty to captives” (Luke 4: 18). Contact (Eastern
Province) Sr. Bernadette McCauley, S.C.C.,
Mallinckrodt Convent, 350 Bernardsville Road,
Mendham, NJ 07945; (973) 543-6528 ext. 274;
e-mail: sbernadette@scceast.org; website: www.
scceast.org. Contact (Western Province) Sr. Carol
Bredenkamp, S.C.C., 2041 Elmwood Ave., Wilmette,
IL 60091; (847) 920-9341; e-mail: callscc@
sccwilmette.org; website: www.sccwilmette.org. See
our web ad at www.digitalVocationGuide.org.
See ad on page 17. Code #212.
Sisters of Loretto (S. L.) We are an active community
of faith and service. We face the emerging needs of
today’s world in the fields of education, environment,
women, rights of marginalized, global concerns, and
non-violence. Our community consists of Sisters of
Loretto, Loretto Co-members, and Loretto volunteers.
Together we affirm that we are people called by God
to share community, faith and mission through works
of peace and justice, prayer and hospitality. If this is
your call or if you want to know more about religious
life, contact Sr. Mary Kay; 4000 S. Wadsworth Blvd.,
Littleton, CO 80123; 1-877-LORETTO; e-mail:
marykay@lorettocommunity.org; website: www.
lorettocommunity.org.
Code #264.
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Sisters of Mary Reparatrix (S.M.R.) We are Sisters
of Mary Reparatrix, an international congregation
called to a mission of reparation and reconciliation in
union with Mary, who are rooted in the love of Christ,
led by the Spirit, to manifest the tender love of God
for the world. Sharing our lives in prayer, service and
community, the Sisters are present in 22 countries
and number 753 world-wide. We are 20 Sisters in
the United States. Our presence is in Michigan, New
York, Florida, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania. We
have two retreat houses-Riverview and Port Huron,
Michigan. Our ministries include prayer, retreat
work, spiritual direction, parish ministry, altar
breads, music/art ministries, hospital/nursing home
visitation, and computer work. We were founded by
Emilie d’Oultremont, d’Hooghvorst (Mother Mary of
Jesus) in 1854, who was beatified in 1997. Sr. Joan
Pricoli, 17320 Grange Rd., Riverview, MI 48193;
(734) 285-4510, e-mail: joanpricoli@comcast.net;
websites: www.smr.org or www.maryrep.org.
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (R. S. M.) We are an
international community of women religious vowed
to serve people who suffer from poverty, sickness, and
lack of education, with a special concern for women
and children. In innovative and traditional ways, Sisters
of Mercy address human needs through collaborative
efforts in education, health care, housing, and pastoral
and social services. Among Sisters of Mercy one can
find doctors, lawyers and paralegals, theologians,
immigrant advocates, missionaries, justice advocates
and peace activists. The Institute includes 3,600+
sisters who serve in North, South, and Central America,
the Caribbean, Guam, and the Philippines. More
than 3, 100 associates, eight Companions in Mercy,
891 Mercy Volunteer Corps alumni, and thousands
of co-ministers in Mercy-sponsored programs and
institutions also share in our mission, following the
example of Mercy foundress, Catherine McAuley. We
invite you to visit our website: www.sistersofmercy.
org/vocations; contact us at 1-877-50MERCY; e-mail:
newmembership@sistersofmercy.org; chat with us at
www.sistersofmercy.org/connect; follow us at www.
facebook.com/MercySisters or on Twitter, www.
twitter.com/SistersofMercy. See our web ad at www.
VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 93. Code #063.
Sisters of Nazareth, (C.S.N.) Victoire Larmenier
founded this prayerful international congregation of
religious women in 1851 to follow Jesus by bringing
love, respect and dignity to the elderly and children.
The sisters do this by following the example of the
Holy Family of Nazareth by giving prayerful loving
care, apostolic example and support to the elderly,
and by teaching young children. In the USA, the
sisters are located in California in Los Angeles, San
Diego, Fresno and San Rafael. If you are a young,
single Catholic woman ready to answer Christ’s call to
the religious life, and who wants to know more about
the Sisters of Nazareth and their Core Values of love,
compassion, patience, justice, hospitality and respect,
please contact our Vocations Directors or check out
our website: www.sistersofnazareth.com. Vocation
Directors: Sister Fintan, CSN, (310) 614-9570;
vocations@nazarethhousela.org or Sister Linda Rita,
CSN, (415) 871-1727, srlinda@nazarethhousesr.com.
See ad on page 46. Code #244.
Sisters of Notre Dame [Our Lady], (S.N.D.) We
are an international, active apostolic community
centered in Jesus Christ and dedicated to Mary, the
first disciple. Through lives of simplicity and joy, we
seek to bring the Gospel message of God’s goodness
and provident care to others. Our ministries of
education, pastoral care and social outreach, health
care and catechesis reflect our desire to respond to the
needs of the times and to share God’s compassionate
love, particularly with those who are poor and
marginalized. We live our vocation in community,
supporting one another in our following of Jesus
and in our ministries. The daily celebration of
Eucharist, communal prayer and encounters with
God in personal prayer are indispensable to our
lives. For those considering religious life we offer
discernment helps, retreats, service opportunities
and live-in experiences. For more information:
California Province: Sister Valerie Roxburgh, e-mail:
sistervalsnd@gmail.com; website: www.sndca.org.
Kentucky Province: Sister Mary Ruth Lubbers,
e-mail: smrlubbers@gmail.com; website: www.sndky.
org. Cleveland, OH Province: Sister Kathleen Hine,
e-mail: khine@ndec.org; website: www.sndchardon.
org. Toledo, OH Province: Sister Marilyn Marie
Ellerbrock, e-mail: mellerbrock@toledosnd.org;
website: www.toledosnd.org. International website:
www.sndl.org.
Code #064.
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur ( S.N.D.deN.) Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, women with hearts as wide as
the world, make known God’s goodness
and love of the poor through a Gospel way of life,
community, and prayer. Continuing a strong
educational tradition, we stand with the poor,
women, and children. We commit ourselves to work
with others to create justice and peace for all. As an
international religious community, founded in 1804
by St. Julie Billiart and Françoise Blin de Bourdon, we
continue their mission today in Africa, Europe, Japan,
North and South America. Our ministries include:
education, parish and youth ministry, spiritual
direction/counseling, and other developing ministries
which respond to today’s needs. Notre Dame
Associates and the Notre Dame Mission Volunteers
also share our charism. Sr. Angele Lewis, 30 Jeffreys
Neck Road, Ipswich, MA 01938-1398, (978) 380-
1571; e-mail: Angele.Lewis@SNDdeN.org; website:
ASKanSND.org or www.SNDdeN.org. See our web ad
at www.VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 38. Code #065.
Sisters of Our Lady of Sion (N.D.S.) We are also
known as Sisters of Sion, called to follow Jesus in
a consecrated life that is both contemplative and
apostolic. The Word of God is central to our lives.
Rooted in prayer, we are called to a vocation of
reconciliation and justice. God’s Word calls us to
work for understanding among Christians and Jews
and people of all faiths, and to join with those in
situations of conflict and oppression. We are a small
international community engaged in ministries
such as education, pastoral work, Jewish-Christian,
ecumenical and inter-religious relations, ecological
concerns and social services. Do you long for
something more? Are you drawn to a life of prayer
and service? Do you seek a world of justice? Are you
open to other cultures and faith traditions? Are you
willing to share life in community? Contact: e-mail:
celia.deutsch@gmail.com or sosion.info@gmail.com;
website: www.sistersofsion.net.
Code #366.
Sisters of Providence (S.P.)—Holyoke, MA We are
a community of women with a passion for life and
meeting the needs of our times. Through our lives of
