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| Community Profile |
| Sisters of Christian Charity, Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception |
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| Community Information |
International? | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Germany, Italy, Philippines, Uruguay |
No. in community (professed members) | 650 |
Year founded | 1849 |
Generalate/ motherhouse | Rome, Italy |
Province/federation | North American (Eastern) |
Represented in US (Arch)dioceses | Allentown, PA; Camden, NJ; Harrisburg, PA; Metuchen, NJ; Newark, NJ; New York, NY; Paterson, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; Scranton, PA |
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| About Us |
Mission statement/description
They are a community, women of Christ-like love, who live and make visible the LOVE of Christ in the world. Transformed by a Eucharistic life-style, they are impelled to give and receive Christ's love, joy, peace and healing for the life of the world. Their foundress was Pauline von Mallinckrodt, born in 1817 in Minden, Germany, a woman who had great love for the poor.
This congregation uses all its energies and resources to make Christ known and loved, imitating especially His love for the poor - the spiritually, intellectually, physically, emotionally or socially deprived.
Education: In this they serve as teachers (pre-school through college), administrators, directors of religious education, librarians, guidance counselors, instructional aides, parish ministers and youth ministers.
Health Care: They serve the sick as administrators, nurses, technicians, therapists, dieticians, and pastoral ministers in hospitals and nursing care facilities.
Homemaking: Supportive of their apostolates, the sisters currently engaged in homemaking add another dimension of service to their local communities and provide a source of charitable outreach within parish life. |
Qualifications for entry
Good health, a certain degree of human and Christian maturity, sufficient intelligence and practical judgment, basic emotional stability, and the ability to live in community. Must at least be a high school graduate. |
Formation program
Pre-novitiate: This is a time of preparation for the novitiate during which the candidate and community mutually discern the vocation.
Postulancy: The woman lives in community for six months to two years, and clarifies her motivation and makes the gradual transition to religious life. Postulants may take college courses or may be assigned to a local mission for service.
Novitiate: This lasts two years, during which the novice focuses on prayer and preparation for living a vowed life as an apostolic religious.
Temporary profession: Vowed consecration is made for one year. Temporary profession lasts six years, which is followed by perpetual vows. |
Age range/limit
18-45 |
Consider belated vocations?
Yes |
Belated/late vocations explanation
Belated vocations between the ages of 45 to 49 are considered on an individual basis. |
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Institute on Religious Life, P.O. Box 7500, Libertyville, IL 60048-7500
Tel: (847) 573-8975 - Fax: (847) 573-8960 |
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