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Consecrated Life

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.

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. 

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.

Show me the honey: All Saints Sisters of the Poor find divine touch in beekeeping

September 6, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Environment, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

The All Saints Sisters of the Poor first became involved in cultivating bee colonies three years ago when two of their neighbors, both amateur beekeepers, asked if they could establish hives on the nuns’ property near the Hilton area of Patapsco State Park.

LCWR president outlines ‘map-shaping’ concepts for future of religious life

August 16, 2022
By Soli Salgado
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, Vocations, World News

Staring down a future of uncertainty, religious life finds itself in need of a map, the outgoing president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious told the organization’s members.

Baltimore native feels ‘at home’ with Philadelphia’s Sisters of St. Francis

July 28, 2022
By Mike Lang
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Vocations

On Aug. 6, Ann Dutrow will profess final vows with the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in Aston, Pa., with her biological and Franciscan families on hand.

‘All the desires of my heart’: Vocation to religious life fostered at St. Mary in Hagerstown

July 5, 2022
By Erik Zygmont
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate

Sister Isabelle Maina of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance, who professed her first vows June 21 at the Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery in Toronto, Ohio, says she began to feel the stirrings of her vocation as a youngster at St. Mary Catholic School in Hagerstown.

Two cultures in one faith for Sister Lucero Romero

June 9, 2022
By Priscila González de Doran
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Vocations

Sister Lucero Romero made her first vows in 2017 and is preparing to profess her perpetual vows this year or next year.

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