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Many religious communities have the term Sisters of Charity in their name. Some Sisters of Charity communities refer to the Vincentian tradition alone, or in America to the tradition of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (whose sisters are also of the Vincentian tradition), but others are unrelated.
The sisters came to England in 1863, building a large purpose built convent at Bartestree near Hereford and by 1910 also had houses at Waterlooville near Portsmouth, Monmouth, Southampton, and Northfield. By 1960 about 1,500 sisters served in forty-four communities of Our Lady of Charity in ten countries.
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN) is a Roman Catholic order of religious sisters. It was founded in 1812 near Bardstown, Kentucky , when three young women responded to Bishop John Baptist Mary David 's call for assistance in ministering to the needs of the people of the area.
While superior at Tours, Mary Euphrasia formed a contemplative nuns group, named the Magdalen Sisters (based in a devotion to Mary Magdalene's conversion), now known as the Contemplative Communities of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, for penitent women who wished to live a cloistered life, but were ineligible to become Sisters of Our Lady of Charity. [7]
Sisters of Charity of Nevers; Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of Mercy; Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy; Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth; Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Halifax) Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa; Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine; Sisters of Charity of St ...
A painting of cornette-wearing Daughters of Charity by Karol Tichy [], depicting a funeral in an orphanage run by the sisters (National Museum in Warsaw).. The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Latin: Societas Filiarum Caritatis a Sancto Vincentio de Paulo; abbreviated DC), commonly called the Daughters of Charity or Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, is a ...
The Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition is an organization of fourteen congregations of religious women in the Catholic Church who trace their lineage to Saint Elizabeth Seton, Saint Vincent de Paul, and Saint Louise de Marillac.
The Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth are a Roman Catholic apostolic congregation of pontifical right, based in the Convent Station area of Morris Township, New Jersey, USA. The religious order was established in 1859 in Newark, New Jersey , following the example of Elizabeth Ann Seton 's community that was founded in 1809 in Emmitsburg ...