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Religious Orders for Women

This is not a definitive list, but orders that have or had a presence in NEPA.

  • CJC - Congregation of the Poor Sisters of Jesus Crucified and the Sorrowful Mother - www.sisterscjcbrocktonma.org :
    Founded in Scranton in 1924; 53 moved mother house to Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1945. 1 (St Mary's Villa, Elmhurst)
  • CP - Nuns of the Passion of Our Lord, Jesus Christ (Passionist Nuns) - www.intiques.net/cpnuns :
    Founded in Italy in 1771 by St Paul of the Cross; first US foundation 1924; established St Gabriel's Monastery in Dunmore in 1926; 2 , 54 relocated to Clarks Summit
  • CSFN - Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth - www.phila-csfn.org :
    Founded in Italy in 1875 by Frances Siedliska, Mother Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd; 3 first US foundation in 1885; 54 came to Scranton in 1889. 4
  • CSJ - Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet - www.csjalbany.org :
    Founded in 1650 in LePuy, France 5
  • DM - Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy
    Founded in Savona, Italy in 1837 by Saint Mary Joseph Rossello (nee Benedetta Rossello) 6 first US foundation in 1919; 54 came to Hazleton in 1920 7
  • IHM - Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - ihm.marywood.edu :
    Longest continuous presence in NEPA. Founded in Monroe, Michigan in 1845 by Father Louis Florent Gillet, CSSR, and Sister Theresa Maxis Duchemin; 8 , 9 came to St Joseph Academy, Susquehanna County, in 1858; 10 Scranton provincial established in 1871 54 ( Marywood University and St Joseph Center , Scranton; Marian Hospital , Carbondale)
  • lsp - Little Sisters of the Poor - www.lspusa.org :
    Founded in 1839 in France by the Blessed Jeanne Jugan; 11 came to Scranton in 1908 12
  • MPF - Religious Teachers Filippini - www.filippiniusa.org :
    Founded in 1692 in Montefiascone, Italy, by Saint Lucia Filippini and Cardinal Mark Anthony Barbarigo; 13 first US foundation in 1910; 54 came to Dunmore in 1950 14
  • MSC - Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart - www.mothercabrini.com :
    Founded by St Frances Xaviar Cabrini (Mother Cabrini) in Codogno, Italy, in 1880; 15 came to Scranton in 1901 16 St Lucy's School, Scranton
  • OCarm - Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm - http://pw1.netcom.com/~carmsist :
    Founded by Mother Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory in 1929 in New York 17
  • OCD - Discalced Carmelite Nuns - www.ocd.pcn.net
    Founded in Spain in 1562; first US foundation in Charles County, MD, in 1790 54
  • OP - Dominican Sisters of Sparkill - www.sparkill.org :
    Based on the teachings of St Dominic, founded by Alice Mary Thorpe in 1876 in New York City 18 , 19
  • OSBM - Sisters of the Order of St Basil the Great - www.byzcath.org/ssb
    Founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century by St Basil the Great and his sister, St Macrina; first US foundation 1911 54 , 56
  • OSF - Bernardine Franciscan Sisters - www.bfranciscan.org :
    Founded by Mother Veronica Grzedowska in the US in 1894, based on the teachings of St Francis Assisi; 20 , 54 came to Hazleton in 1905, Scranton in 1913 21 ( Villa of Our Lady Retreat House , Mt Pocono; Hazleton-St Joseph Medical Center , Hazleton)
  • PVMI - Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate - catholicyouth.freeservers.com/vocations/
    women/parishvisitors/parishvisitors.htm     :
    Founded in 1920 in New York City by Mother Mary Teresa Tallon 22
  • RGS - Sisters of the Good Shepherd - www.goodshepherdsistersna.com :
    Founded in Angers, France, in 1835 by Rose Virginie Pelletier, Saint Mary Euphrasia; 23 first US foundation Louisville KY in 1842; Washington DC province founded in 1850; 54 came to Scranton in 1889 24 Lourdesmont , Clarks Summit; The Rose Center , Scranton.
  • RSM - Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Religious Sisters of Mercy) - www.somdallasreg.org :
    Founded 1831 in Dublin by the Venerable Catherine McAuley; 25 first US foundation in Pittsburgh in 1843; 54 one group came to Hazleton from Buffalo in 1874, and another to Wilkes-Barre from Pittsburgh in 1875; merged in 1899 26 , 27 ( College Misericordia , Dallas, and the Mercy Hospitals )
  • SC - Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill - www.scsh.org :
    Founded in Altoona in 1870 54 , 55
  • SCC - Sisters of Christian Charity - www.scceast.org :
    Founded in Germany in 1849 by Pauline von Mallinckrodt; 28 first US foundation in 1873; 54 came to Wilkes-Barre in 1873 29 Devine Providence Hospital , Williamsport, and Muncy Valley Hospital , Muncy. In 1947, they taught in schools at St John the Baptist, Scranton; St Mary's Assumption, Scranton; Immaculate Conception, Bastress; Holy Trinity, Hazleton; Sacred Heart, Luzerne; St Mary's Assumption, Pittston; St Boniface, Wilkes-Barre; St Nicholas, Wilkes-Barre; and St Boniface, Williamsport; St Ann's Academy, Wilkes-Barre
  • SND - Sisters of Notre Dame - www.snd1.org :
    Founded in Coesfeld, Germany, in 1850, by Aldegonda Wolbring (Sr Mary Aloysia) and Lisette Kulhing (Sr Mary Ignatia); first US foundation in 1874 30 , 54
  • SSC - Sisters of St Casimir - www.ssc2601.com :
    Founded in 1907 in Scranton by Casimira Kaupas, Mother Maria; moved their headquarters to Chicago in 1911; 31 came to St Joseph's, Scranton, in 1916 32
  • SSCM - Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius - www.sscm.org :
    Slovak order founded in 1909 by Fr Matthew Jankola in the Diocese of Scranton 33
  • - Oblates of Mary - www.oblatesofmary.com

Notes

  1. Poor Sisters of Jesus Crucified and the Sorrowful Mother, "History of the Poor Sisters of Jesus Crucified and the Sorrowful Mother ," www.sisterscjcbrocktonma.org/history.htm
  2. Gallagher, Rev John P; A Century of History: The Diocese of Scranton 1868-1968 , Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1968, p 288
  3. Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, "Blessed Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd,Frances Siedliska," www.geocities.com/csfn_pgh/our_story.html
  4. Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, "Immaculate Conception Province Time Line," www.phila-csfn.org/history.htm
  5. Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet, "Our History," www.csjalbany.org/history.html
  6. Blessings Expressions of Faith, "Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy," www.blessings-catalog.com/Special%20Orders/sp059.html
  7. Gallagher, op cit , p272
  8. IHM Congregation, Scranton, PA; "IHM Congregation History," ihm.marywood.edu/2.OurHistory/2IHMHistoryIndex.html
  9. IHM � Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary , "Brief IHM History" www.ihmsisters.org/community-historic.html
  10. Gallagher, op cit , p 83
  11. Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, "Little Sisters of the Poor," www.cmswr.org/member_communities/lsp.htm
  12. Gallagher, op cit , pp 288, 390
  13. Religious Teachers Filippini, "Beginnings," www.filippiniusa.org/page.cfm?Web_ID=1
  14. Gallagher, op cit , p 381
  15. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, "Her Story," www.mothercabrini.com/history/index.html
  16. Gallagher, op cit , p 271
  17. Carmelite System for the Aged and Infirm, Inc, "About The Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm," www.carmelitesystem.org/about_us_sisters.htm
  18. Proust, Mary Ann; "New Possibilities", Catholic New York Online , cny.org/archive/ft/ft072000.htm
  19. National Catholic Community Foundation, "Religious Ministries: Dominican Sisters (Sparkill, NY)," www.nccfcommunity.org/ministries/religion.htm
  20. Bernardine Franciscan Sisters, "Our Story," www.bfranciscan.org/our_story.html
  21. Gallagher, op cit , p 268
  22. Rowmanowsky, Zo�; "They Open the Soul Cages", Envoy Magazine , Nov/Dec 1998, www.envoymagazine.com/backissues/2.6/
    friendsinthefield.html
  23. Good Shepherd Sisters, "The Good Shepherd Story: St Mary Euphrasia Pelletier (1796 - 1868)," www.goodshepherd.com.au/story/pelletier.html
  24. Gallagher, op cit , p 207
  25. Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of Dallas, "History of the Sisters of Mercy," www.somdallasreg.org/nhistory.htm
  26. Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of Dallas, "Our History," www.somdallasreg.org/Our%20History.htm
  27. Gallagher, op cit , pp 205-207
  28. Mette, Sister M Adalberta; translated from German by Sister M Julitta Gaul; "Pauline's Life Before the Founding of the Congregation," www.scceast.org/publication/young%20life2.htm#founding
  29. Gallagher, op cit , pp 203-205
  30. Sisters of Notre Dame, "Brief History of Congregation," www.snd1.org/History.html
  31. Sisters of St Casimir, "History," www.ssc2601.com/history.htm [Note: Casimira Kaupas determined what she wished to do while in Scranton, and the first sisters trained in Scranton, but establishment was under the auspices of the Bishop of Harrisburg.]
  32. Gallagher, op cit , p 272
  33. Gallagher, op cit , pp 269-271
  34. Murphy, Thomas, Jubilee History Commemorative of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Creation of Lackawanna County Pennsylvania, Volume I , Topeka, Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Company, 1928, p477; Transcription
  35. The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1997 , New Providence NJ: P J Kenedy and Sons, 1997
  36. Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, History of the Congregation , www.scsh.org/History/1History%20of_the_Congregation_1.htm
  37. The Ukrainian Weekly , "A history of the sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great," 4 Aug 2002, www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2002/310209.shtml
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