INDEX
Contents Religious are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviation of the order Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC)...... 1 Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) ...... 1 Carmelite Sisters of Charity, Vedruna (CCV) ...... 1 Sisters of Divine Providence (CDP)...... 1 Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross (CSC) ...... 1 Sisters of St. Joseph (CSJ) (Baden, PA) ...... 1 Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (DC) ...... 2 Daughters of Divine Love (DDL) ...... 2 The Congregation of the Daughters of Mary, St. Joseph's Province (DM) ...... 2 Daughters of Mary Immaculate (DMI) ...... 2 Daughters of St. Anne Immaculate (FSA) ...... 2 Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus (HHCJ) ...... 2 Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) (Scranton, PA) ...... 3 Little Sisters of the Holy Family (LSHF) ...... 3 Little Sisters of the Poor (lsp) ...... 3 Missionaries of Charity (MC) ...... 3 Missionaries of Charity, Contemplatives (MC) ...... 3 Missionary Catechists of St. Thérèse of the Infant Jesus (MCST) ...... 3 Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart (MHSH) ...... 4 Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo (MSCS) (Scalabrinians) ...... 4 Institute of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (O.Carm) ...... 4 Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCD) ...... 4 Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy (OLM) ...... 4 Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima (OP) ...... 4 Sisters of St. Dominic of St. Cecilia (OP) ...... 4 Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist (OP) ...... 4 Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin (OP) ...... 5 Ursuline Convent of the Sacred Heart (OSU) ...... 5 Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts (POSC) ...... 5 Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (RGS) ...... 5 Religious of Jesus and Mary (RJM)...... 5 Religious of Mary Immaculate Centro Maria (RMI) ...... 6 Society of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) ...... 6 Religious Sisters of Mercy, Alma, MI (RSM) ...... 6 Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (RSM) ...... 6 Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement (SA) ...... 6 Society of the Catholic Apostolate (SAC) (Pallottines) ...... 6 Society of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ) ...... 6 Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross (SL) ...... 7 Sisters of Notre Dame (SND) ...... 7 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Base Communities (SNDdeN) ...... 7 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeN) ...... 7 Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM)...... 7 Sisters of Providence (SP) ...... 7 Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres (SPC) ...... 7 Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill (SSJ) ...... 7 Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (SSMI) ...... 7 School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) ...... 8 Sisters of the Institute of the Servant of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara (SSVM) ...... 8 Novitiate ...... 8 Sisters of Life (SV) ...... 8 Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary (VHM) ...... 8 Secular Institutes ...... 9 Caritas Christi (C.C.) ...... 9 Institut Notre Dame de Vie ...... 9 Voluntas Dei Institute ...... 9
Religious Order Initials for Women
Religious are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviation of the order
ASC Adorers of the Blood of Christ Presentation of the Blessed Virgin BVM Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary OSU Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart CB Sisters of Charity of St. Charles Borromeo PBVM Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed CCV Carmelite Sisters of Charity, Vedruna Virgin Mary CDP Sisters of Divine Providence POSC Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts CPPS Sisters of the Most Precious Blood RGS Sisters of the Good Shepherd CSC Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross RJM Religious of Jesus and Mary CSJ • Sisters of St. Joseph, (Baden, PA) RMI Religious of Mary Immaculate • Sisters of St. Joseph, Carondelet, RSCJ Society of the Sacred Heart Albany Province RSM • Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma DC Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul • Sisters of Mercy of the Americas DDL Daughters of Divine Love SA Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement DM Daughters of Mary, India SAC Society of the Catholic Apostolate DMI Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Pallottines) DMMM Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy SC Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill FSA Daughters of St. Anne SCC Sisters of Christian Charity HHCJ Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus SHCJ Society of the Holy Child Jesus IHM • Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate SL Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross Heart of Mary (Monroe, MI) SND Sisters of Notre Dame • Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate SNDdeN • Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur-Base Heart of Mary (Scranton, PA) Communities LSHF Little Sisters of the Holy Family • East West Province LSP Little Sisters of the Poor SNJM Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary MC -Missionaries of Charity SP Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the- -Missionaries of Charity, Contemplatives Woods MCST Missionary Catechists of St. Thérèse of the SPC Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres Infant Jesus SSJ Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill MHSH Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart SSM Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother MMS Medical Mission Sisters SSMI Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate MSCS Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo SSND School Sisters of Notre Dame, Middle (Scalabrinians) Atlantic Province OCarm Sisters of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel SSVM Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará OCD Order of Discalced Carmelites SV Sisters of Life OLM Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of VHM Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary Mercy OP • Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Sinsinawa, WI • Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist • Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima • Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia, Nashville, TN • Dominican Sisters of Mary Immaculate (Vietnamese) OP Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Communities of Women Religious Serving the Archdiocese
Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) Sisters of Divine Providence (CDP)
1250 4th Street, SW-W205 92 Alexander Lane Washington, DC 20024 P.O. Box 560 Solomons, MD 20688 Contact: Sr. Sara Dwyer, ASC Website: www.adorers.org Phone: 410-326-3306 Contact: Sr. Paula Gohs, CDP Website: www.cdpkentucky.org Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM)
110 Michigan Avenue, NE, #F-34 Congregation of the Sisters of the Washington, DC 20017 Holy Cross (CSC)
Phone: 202-250-6463 9714 Dameron Drive Contact: Sr. Margaret Clark, BVM Silver Spring, MD 20910 Website: www.bvmcong.org Contact: Sr. Katherine Kase, CSC Phone: 301-592-0279 Website: www.cscsisters.org Carmelite Sisters of Charity, Vedruna (CCV)
Felisa Urrutia Community Sisters of St. Joseph (CSJ) (Baden, 5410 56th Place, #101 PA) Riverdale, MD 20737 11222 Cherry Hill Road, #T2 Phone: 301-277-2963 Beltsville, MD 20705 Contact: Sr. Maureen Foltz, CCV Phone: 301-931-1561 Vedruna House Website: www.stjoseph-baden.org 1222 Monroe Street, NE Washington, DC 20017 Phone: 202-832-2114 Contact: Sr. Carmen Soto, CCV Website: www.vedruna.org
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Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent Daughters of Mary Immaculate (DMI) de Paul (DC) 13004 Marlow Farm Drive Elizabeth Seton Sisters’ House Silver Spring, MD 20904 5715 Emerson Street Bladensburg, MD 20710 Phone: 301-288-7663 Contact: Sr. Elizabeth Thuy-Lien Thi Phone: 301-779-4214 Doan, DMI Contact: Sr. Ellen Marie Hagar, DC Website: www.conducmevonhiem.org/ Website: www.daughters-of-charity.com
St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth and Daughters of St. Anne Immaculate Families (FSA) 4901 Eastern Avenue Hyattsville, MD 20782 5508 Henderson Way Camp Springs, MD 20746 Phone: 301-559-5500 Fax: 301-853-6985 Phone: 301-316-4156 Contact: Sr. Mary Bader, DC Fax: 301-316-4156 Website: www.stanns.org Contact: Sr. Lettehaimanot Teklu, FSA
Daughters of Divine Love (DDL) 6505 Pine Lane Drive Suitland, MD 20746 Our Lady Queen of Peace Convent 3706 37th Place Phone: 301-735-3881 Brentwood, MD 20722 Contact: Sr. Lettehaimanot Teklu, FSA Website: www.daughtersofsaintanne.org Phone: 202-584-4744 Website: www.ofdivinelove.com
The Congregation of the Daughters of Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus Mary, St. Joseph's Province (DM) (HHCJ)
12200 Rustic Hill Drive St. Augustine Convent Bowie, MD 20715 2028 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-297-5897 Contact: St. Anceline Mathew, DM Contact: Sr. Joanna Okereke, HHCJ Website: www.daughtersofmary.net Website: www.hhcjsisters.org
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Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Missionaries of Charity (MC) Heart of Mary (IHM) (Scranton, PA) Gift of Peace Little Flower Convent 2800 Otis Street, NE 5605 Massachusetts Avenue Washington, DC 20018 Bethesda, MD 20816 Phone: 202-269-3313 Phone: 301-320-4775 Contact: Sr. M. Lizen Mathew, MC
St. John the Evangelist Convent Queen of Peace 10201 Georgia Avenue 3310 Wheeler Road, SE Silver Spring, MD 20902-2220 Washington, DC 20032
Phone: 301-681-5666 Phone: 202-562-6890 Contact: Sr. Kathleen Lansmann, IHM Contact: Sr. M. Nishi Gidh, MC Office Phone: 202-529-7627 Website: www.sistersofihm.org Missionaries of Charity, Contemplatives (MC) Little Sisters of the Holy Family (LSHF) St. Teresa of Avila Convent 1244 V Street, SE 13529 Magruder Farm Court Washington, DC 20020 Potomac, MD 20854 Phone: 202-889-6100 14000 New Hampshire Avenue Contact: Sr. Assumpta Ryan, MC Silver Spring, MD 20904 Missionary Catechists of St. Thérèse Phone: 301-947-1955 of the Infant Jesus (MCST) Contact: Sr. Domina Son, LSHF Website: www.holyfamilysrs.org 8914 Old Branch Avenue Clinton, MD 20735 Little Sisters of the Poor (lsp) Phone: 301-839-7751 Jeanne Jugan Residence Contact: Sr. Helen Sumander, MCST 4200 Harewood Road, NE Washington, DC 20017
Phone: 202-269-1831 Fax: 202-269-1134 Contact: Mother Mary Michael of the Trinity Nickles, lsp Website: www.littlesistersofthepoor.org
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Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart Congregation of the Sisters of Our (MHSH) Lady of Mercy (OLM)
6010 Sargent Road 4609 Russell Avenue Apartment 1107 Mt. Rainier, MD 20712 Hyattsville, Maryland 20782 Contact: Sr. Donata Farbaniec, OLM Phone: 240-582-7374 Contact: Sr. Onellys Villegas, MHSH Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima (OP) Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo (MSCS) (Scalabrinians) 7 George Street Gaithersburg, MD 20877 370 Taylor St. NE Unit S-21 Phone: 240-683-9592 Washington, DC 20017 Sisters of St. Dominic of St. Cecilia Phone: 301- 806-9102 (OP) Contact: Sr. Myrna Tordillo, MSCS Website: www.scalabriniane.org Our Lady Queen of the Preacher’s Convent Institute of the Sisters of Our Lady of 721 Lawrence Street, NE Mt. Carmel (O.Carm) Washington, DC 20017
Sisters of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Phone: 202-525-2223 4415 8th Street, NE Contact: Sr. Maria Sarradet, OP Washington, DC 20017 Website: www.nashvilledominican.org
Phone: 202-526-9180 Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of Contact: Sr. Reetha Karyiadath, O.Carm the Eucharist (OP)
Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCD) CUA Campus Ministry 620 Michigan Avenue NE Carmel of Port Tobacco Washington, DC 20064 5678 Mt. Carmel Road La Plata, MD 20646 Phone: 202-262-4383 Contact: Sr. Mary Regina Whitney, OP Phone: 301-934-1654 Website: www.sistersofmary.org Contact: Mother Virginia Marie O’Connor, OCD Website: www.carmelofporttobacco.com
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Communities of Women Religious Serving the Archdiocese
Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Good Shepherd (RGS) (OP) 504 Hexton Hill Road Rosary House of Studies Silver Spring, MD 20904 1201 Monroe Street, NE Washington, DC 20017 Phone: 301-384-1169 Contact: Sr. Brigid Lawlor, RGS Phone: 202-529-1768 Website: Fax: 202-529-1768 www.sistersofthegoodshepherdsisters.o Contact: Sr. Monica Garcia, OP rg Website: www.presentation-op-usa.org Religious of Jesus and Mary (RJM) Ursuline Convent of the Sacred Heart (OSU) Provincial Office 821 Varnum Street, NE 608 Berwick Court Washington, DC 20017 Abingdon, Maryland 21009 Phone: 202-526-3204 Phone: 419-569-0848 Contact : St. Margaret Perron, RJM
Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts University Park Community (POSC) 6709 41st Avenue University Park, MD 20782 Sacred Hearts Convent Phone: 301-779-0662 4805 Queensbury Road
Riverdale Park, MD 20737 13th Street Community
3521 13th Street, NW Phone: 301-779-3670 Washington, DC 20010 Contact: Sr. Ada Grano, POSC
Website: www.littleworkers.org Phone: 202-265-8812
Sacred Hearts Convent College Park Community 3620 15th Street, NE 4602 Clemson Road Washington, DC 20017 College Park, MD 20740
Phone: 202-526-0130 Phone: 301-699-3931 Fax: 202-529-4643 Website: www.rjmusa.org Contact: Sr. Deirdre Byrne, POSC Website: www.littleworkersofthesacredhearts.org
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Religious of Mary Immaculate Centro Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Maria (RMI) (RSM)
Centro Maria 8380 Colesville Road 650 Jackson Street, NE Silver Spring, MD 20910 Washington, DC 20017 Phone: 301-587-0423 Phone: 202-635-1697 Contact: Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM Fax: 202-526-1708 Website: www.sistersofmercy.org Contact: Sr. Antonia Sanchez, RMI Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement Website: www.centromariadc.org (SA) www.religiosasmariainmaculada.org Washington Retreat House 4000 Harewood Road, NE Society of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) Washington, DC 20017
Rosecroft Community Phone: 202-529-1111 9100 Chanute Drive Fax: 202-529-2102 Bethesda, MD 20814 Contact: Sr. Josephine Dullaghan, SA Website: www.graymoor.org Phone: 301-530-6880 Contact: Sr. Patricia Geuting, RSCJ Society of the Catholic Apostolate Otis Street Community (SAC) (Pallottines) 1235 Otis Street, NE Washington, DC 20017 Pallotti Convent 404 8th Street Phone: 202-832-1598 Laurel, MD 20707-4032
Website: www.rscj.org Phone: 301-725-1717 Contact: Sr. Karen Lester, SAC Religious Sisters of Mercy, Alma, MI Website: www.pallottinesisters.org (RSM) Society of the Holy Child Jesus Immaculata
(SHCJ) 1211 Lawrence St. NE Convent of the Holy Child Washington, DC 20017 1033 Newton Street, NE Washington, DC 20017-1763 Phone: 202-832-7111 Contact: Sr. Mary Christine Cremin, Phone: 202-526-6832 RSM Contact: St. Bernadette Longtin, SHCJ Website: www.shcj.org
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Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus Cross (SL) and Mary (SNJM)
4012 29th Street 17320 Quaker Lane, # B6 Mount Rainier, MD 20712 Sandy Spring, MD 20860
Phone: 301-864-3604 Phone: 301-587-5223 Contact: St. Jeannine Gramick, SL Contact: St. Kathleen Keller, SNJM Website: www.lorettocommunity.org Website: www.snjmusontario.org
Sisters of Notre Dame (SND) Sisters of Providence (SP)
5101 River Road 4301 Alton Place NW Apartment 216 Washington, DC 20016 Bethesda, MD 20816 202-363-5494 Phone: 301-908-3134 Phone: Sr. Mary Catherine Guiler, SP Contact: Sr. Mary Frances Taymans, Contact: spsmw.org SND Website:
Website: www.sndchardon.org
Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres (SPC) Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Base Communities (SNDdeN) 2905 King Place, NE Washington, DC 20018 6000 Sargent Road, #211
Hyattsville, MD 20782 Phone: 202-244-2617 Phone: 202-368-3056 Contact: Sr. Daria Moon, SPC Contact: Sr. Loreta Jordan, SNDdeN Website: www.stpaulrome.com
Phone: 202-526-2303 Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill Contact: Sr. Seton Cunneen, SNDdeN (SSJ) Website: snddenusa.org Website: www.ssjphila.org Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeN) Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (SSMI) Trinity Washington University Sacred Heart Home 125 Michigan Avenue, NE 5805 Queens Chapel Road Washington, DC 20017 Hyattsville, MD 20782
Phone: 202-884-9000 Convent Phone: 301-277-5410 Website: www.snddenusa.org Contact: Sr. Anna Kedziora, SSMI Nursing Home Phone : 301-277-6500 Contact : Sr. Vacha Kludzink, SSMI
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Juniorate House of Studies Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate 1326 Quincy Street, NE Convent Washington, DC 20017 2006 Edgewater Pkwy. Silver Spring, MD 20903 Phone: 202-543-1179 Contact: Mother Maria Notre Dame de Phone: 301-445-0124 Bon Secours Casadaban, SSVM Contact: Sr. Marianna Adamczyk, SSMI Website: www.ssmiusa.com SSVM Missions 1714 Crain Highway Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND)
1710 January Drive Phone: 267-836-9055 Silver Spring, MD 20904 Contact : Mary Mother of the Imcarnation Creedan, SSVM Phone: 301-625-3082 Website: www.ssvmusa.org (English) Website: www.ssnd.org www.servidoras.org (Spanish)
Sisters of the Institute of the Servant Sisters of Life (SV) of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara 3900 13th Street NE (SSVM) Washington, DC 20017 Provincial House Immaculate Conception Phone: 202-635-0931 28 15th Street, SE Website: www.sistersoflife.org Washington, DC 20003 Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary Phone: 202-543-2064 (VHM) Contact: Mother Mary of the Immaculate Conception Ambrogio, SSVM Georgetown Visitation Convent 1500 35th Street, NW Novitiate Washington, DC 20007 1714 Crain Highway Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Phone: 202-337-0305 Fax: 202-558-7976 Phone: 301-627-5337 Contact: Mother Mary Berchmans Contact: Mother Maria Aeiparthenos Hannan, VHM Berry, SSVM
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Secular Institutes
Secular institutes of Diocesan or Pontifical Right are a form of consecrated secular life whose single lay members and clerics profess the evangelical counsels and spread Gospel values according to a specific charism and spirituality, following formative phases. Members most often live alone while striving for holiness and the sanctification of the secular world, work in the “marketplace” and provide for their own living expenses, health insurance and retirement.
Caritas Christi (C.C.) Voluntas Dei Institute
Founded in Marseilles, France in 1937; A secular institute of Pontifical Right secular institute of Pontifical Right since since 1987 for priests and men to serve 1955. Forms contemplative, apostolic the Church in every field of apostolate laywomen who strive to live as and location indicated by legitimate dedicated Christians. authority.
5410 Connecticut Avenue, NW, #506 4257 Tazewell Terrace Washington, DC 20015 Burtonsville, MD 20866
301-549-3122 Phone: 202-363-2839 Phone: 301-549-3286 Contact: Therese Druart Fax: Rev. Michael Craig Website: www.ccinfo.org Contact: Website: www.voluntasdeiusa.org
Institut Notre Dame de Vie
A secular institute of Pontifical Right founded in 1932 for laywomen, men and priests (mostly diocesan). The vision of its founders was to form contemplative apostles bringing God’s love to all.
1419 37th Street, NW, #260 Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-687-1912 Contact: Anne-Elisabeth Giuliani Website: www.notredamedevie.org
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