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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 ...
The Monastery and Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, a Roman Catholic monastery in Union City that closed in 1980. Monastery of the Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary, a Roman Catholic monastery located in Union City. Newark Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Newark. St. Paul's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located near Newton.
A German immigrant, Gier had designed St. Mary's Church in Mount Angel, and may have become known to the nuns during their time in Oregon. [2] Construction began in 1919 and was completed in 1924. Given the labor shortage in the area following World War I, some of the resident nuns helped quarry and transport the stone to the building site. [2]
Pages in category "Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns by order" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It was founded in 1981 as the Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary by nuns from the Abbaye Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec.It is part of the Solesmes Congregation, and traces its origins to St. Cecilia's Abbey, and the 11th Century Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes in France. [1]
By late 1986, the priory had a group of nuns who had trained as clowns, who performed both at Erie events and at some priory services. [13] In 1991, during a local radio show segment, the Benedictine Sisters were voted "bad guy" of the day due to their staunch antiwar efforts; their opponent in the competition was Saddam Hussein. [14]
The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate says that in the 1970s there were about 161,000 nuns in the U.S. Last year, there were 39,000 — a decline of about 75%. Last year, there were ...
"The growth and decline of the population of Catholic nuns cross-nationally, 1960-1990: A case of secularization as social structural change." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1996): 171-183. JSTOR 1387084; Fialka, John J. Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America (New York: St. Martin Press, 2003), popular journalism.