Consecrated Life

Lay associates journey with the Oblate Sisters of Providence

July 17, 2025
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News

Discussions among the Oblate Sisters of Providence regarding starting a lay associates program began in earnest in 1989, according to Oblate Sister of Providence Annette Beecham, director of the program that had its first installation in 1992. She was fresh out of formation at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh when she was assigned to develop it.

Study: Devotion to Mary has significant impact on discerning, sustaining vocations

July 17, 2025
By Gina Christian
OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Marian Devotion, News, Vocations, World News

Devotion to Mary is a significant factor in discerning and sustaining the call to priestly and religious life, according to a new study.

Expert: Religious show courage helping others, fear standing up for self

June 18, 2025
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, World News

While women religious may be vocal and courageous about the violence and injustice others face, they often remain silent and intimidated when it comes to speaking up about their own fears and abuse, one superior general said at an international safeguarding conference in Rome.

Incoming superior general of Oblate Sisters of Providence outlines priorities

June 12, 2025
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

When Sister Marcia Hall was elected in April as the next superior general of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, the nation’s oldest functioning Black Catholic religious order, she would have to wait for her new administration to meet to prioritize goals for their four-year tenure.

Radio Interview: Dominican sister at Mount de Sales shares faith journey from astrophysics to religious life

June 9, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Schools, Vocations

Dominican Sister Albertine Cevallos serves as a science teacher at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville while living the charism of her religious community, the Dominican Sisters of St. Celicia of Nashville.

Mount de Sales Dominican sister shares journey after pursuing science, finding faith

June 9, 2025
By Erik Zygmont
Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Vocations

Sister Albertine has been teaching at Mount de Sales, which has been administered by the Dominicans since the 1980s, for four years. She teaches physics, chemistry and AP computer science, and she helps with the robotics team and the Ultimate Frisbee club.

Catholic sisters’ ‘Put the Guns Down’ campaign hits city buses

May 27, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News

With the words “Put the Guns Down – Let Peace Begin with Us” emblazoned across its side, a Baltimore City bus proclaimed a message of peace May 22, as Catholic sisters from eight religious congregations gathered alongside it on Monroe Street.

Little Sisters of the Poor honored with “Fishers of Men” award

May 7, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Journalism, Local News, News

“They revere the sacredness of human life,” Archbishop Lori told more than 200 people who gathered April 27 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., for Guadalupe Radio Network’s benefit dinner that honored the Little Sisters of the Poor with its “Fishers of Men” award.

Report: Vocations to religious life in US decline, but key factors can positively impact numbers

January 31, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, News, Vocations, World News

A new report shows a continued decrease in the number of permanent vocations to consecrated life in the U.S. — but key factors such as family life, devotional practices, Catholic education and personal encouragement can positively impact those numbers.

Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ bring love to troubled streets

June 7, 2023
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

The Archdiocese of Baltimore recently welcomed a new international community of religious sisters who are boldly bringing Christ’s presence to people who need it most.

All Saints Sisters of the Poor celebrate 150th anniversary of arrival in Baltimore

November 8, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Local News, News, Vocations

The All Saints Sisters of the Poor have carried out a wide array of surprisingly diverse ministries over the course of their 150 years in Baltimore.

Despair over declining numbers shows lack of faith, pope tells religious

November 7, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Numbers are a real challenge, but “those who get caught up in pessimism put faith aside,” the pope told students and staff of the Claretian Institute of the Theology of Consecrated Life in Rome and its affiliated programs in the Philippines, India, Colombia and Nigeria.