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Consecrated Life

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

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.

Panel brings Sister Thea Bowman’s life and legacy to Georgetown audience

May 4, 2022
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

Sister Thea Bowman, one of six Black Catholics known as a “Servant of God” now that their sainthood causes are being advanced, has plenty of lessons to impart from her life to Catholics today, said panelists at a Georgetown University dialogue May 4 that featured not only personal perspectives but was also peppered with song.

S.S.N.D. general superior says order’s ministry remains strong despite declining numbers

April 12, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

While their numbers may be fewer, the School Sisters of Notre Dame are providing vital ministry around the world, according to Sister Roxanne Schares, Rome-based general superior of the S.S.N.D. religious community.

Oblate Sisters say Mother Lange’s courage, resilience is model for today

April 5, 2022
By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints

Mother Mary Lange, who founded the first Black Catholic school in the United States and the first religious order for women of color, is an example of courageous resilience the church needs, say members of her order, the Oblate Sisters of Providence.

Dominican sisters’ remains relocated to New Cathedral Cemetery

February 11, 2022
By Gerry Jackson
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News

Twenty-six Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary who dedicated their lives to constant prayer have a new resting place in New Cathedral Cemetery in West Baltimore.

Mount de Sales graduate elected a successor to Mother Angelica

August 18, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Vocations

Buck, whose religious name is Mother Mary Paschal of the Lamb of God, was elected abbess in late July, taking on the same post that was once held by Mother Angelica.

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