passerby Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Hi everyone, It seems that every women's religious order I look at either have education or healthcare as one of their main focuses. Are there any orders that don't focus on these? Blessings, J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnificat Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Hi J, Well, the [url="http://www.sistersoflife.org"]Sisters of Life[/url] don't really do either in the traditional sense of teaching in schools or running hospitals. They are active in some evanglization (like giving talks) and do serve pregnant women in their Holy Respite mission. There are many communities that have apostolates besides just teaching or health care, but many charisms (like that of St. Francis) embrace a multitude of apostolates including those two. I think the Sisters of Life are unique because none of the sisters teach in schools and none of them work in hospitals. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisChild Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Sisters servants of the Eternal Word are involved in retreat work. The Panhandle Franciscans are involved in teaching but you don't have to be a teacher to be accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDolly Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 The Sisters of the Christian Retreat and the Sisters of La Retraite,both French do some teaching and mainly conduct retreats.They don't have convents in the USA,but do have convents in England. The Daughters of St.Paul run book stores and do printing.Many of the cloistered orders make rosaries,altar breads and do other work like baking,etc. TheParish Visitors of Mary Immaculate and Sisters,Home Visitors of Mary take parish census,visit people in their homes and do other work. Many orders nowadays do more than teach and nurse to support themselves.I believe the Little Sisters of Jesus work even in factories and such. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passionheart Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 [quote name='passerby' post='1006555' date='Jun 15 2006, 08:52 PM'] Hi everyone, It seems that every women's religious order I look at either have education or healthcare as one of their main focuses. Are there any orders that don't focus on these? Blessings, J [/quote] Why don't you go over to the www.religiouslife.com and click on the vocation search. Go the advance search and you will see many different categories of ministeries. Pick the ones you are interested in and see what orders come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadora Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) [quote name='passerby' post='1006555' date='Jun 15 2006, 08:52 PM'] Hi everyone, It seems that every women's religious order I look at either have education or healthcare as one of their main focuses. Are there any orders that don't focus on these? Blessings, J [/quote] That has been one of my dilemmas in searching for religious orders, too. So many focus on education and health care (though this is wonderfully needed!) Here are some that I've written/spoken to/visited that don't focus specifically on education/health care: [url="http://www.ssvmusa.org/ssvmhome.htm"]The Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara[/url] [url="http://ascjus.org"]Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus[/url] [url="http://www.sisterfaustina.org"]Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy[/url] [url="http://www.dljc.org"]Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ[/url] [url="http://franciscansisterscfr.com"]Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal[/url] [url="http://www.torsisters.org"]Franciscan Sisters, Third Order Regular of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother[/url] [url="http://www.cmswr.org/member_communities/HRSHJ.htm"]Handmaids of Reparations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary[/url] [url="http://www.cmswr.org/member_communities/MC.htm"]Missionaries of Charity[/url] [url="http://www.rsmofalma.org"]Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma[/url] [url="http://www.cmswr.org/member_communities/SCTJM.htm"]Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary[/url] [url="http://www.sistersoflife.org"]Sisters of Life[/url] [url="http://www.sisterservants.com/"]Sister Servants of the Eternal Word[/url] I found most of these orders through this website: [url="http://www.cmswr.org/"] Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious[/url] (Great website!!!) Edited June 17, 2006 by Sadora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadora Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Oops -- actually the Religious Sisters of Mercy in Alma do have their main apostolate as Education/Health Care! My apologies! But the other ones, at least, I think aren't mainly Education/Health Care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnificat Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 There's also the Daughters of St. Paul who do more media/publishing/journalism type work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she_who_is_not Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 (edited) The Sisters of the Reparation in Steubenville [url="http://www.sistersofreparation.org"]Sisters of Reparation[/url] promote the Divine Mercy message. And the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate are also neat [url="http://www.marymediatrix.com"]FSI[/url] Edited June 18, 2006 by she_who_is_not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadora Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 [quote name='she_who_is_not' post='1007781' date='Jun 18 2006, 04:03 PM'] The Sisters of the Reparation in Steubenville [url="http://www.sistersofreparation.org"]Sisters of Reparation[/url] promote the Divine Mercy message. And the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate are also neat [url="http://www.marymediatrix.com"]FSI[/url] [/quote] I had never heard of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate before. I just checked out that site and wanted to say -- THANK YOU for posting it!!! Their habits are [i]beautiful[/i]! As is their Marian devotion! I might be writing them. . . I didn't know the Sisters of Reparation in Steubenville had a website. Thank you for posting this, too! I wrote them a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she_who_is_not Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 [quote name='Sadora' post='1007863' date='Jun 18 2006, 05:48 PM'] I didn't know the Sisters of Reparation in Steubenville had a website. Thank you for posting this, too! I wrote them a few weeks ago. [/quote] I found it so unbelievably and randomly searching for cool pics on google images. They have some really neat slideshows of novice investitures and such. God Bless you, Amanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passerby Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 I just wanted to thank everyone for the wonderful links and information you have been posting. I am thoroughly enjoying looking through them and reading about them! Blessings, J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlmom Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Whoops! I just remembered these [url="http://www.religiouslife.com/w_sspcchesterfield.phtml"]Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver[/url] who have a house in St. Louis. They publish a newsletter and act as sort of "middlemen" (women?) for missionary needs. They do not actually do traditional missionary work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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