Consecrated Life

“The Religious state is thus one way of experiencing a ‘more intimate’ consecration, rooted in Baptism, and dedicated totally to God. In the consecrated life, Christ’s faithful, moved by the Holy Spirit, propose to follow Christ more nearly, to give themselves to God who is loved above all and, pursuing the perfection of charity in the service of the Kingdom, to signify and proclaim in the Church the glory of the world to come.” -Catechism of the Catholic Church 916

Forms of Conscrated Life

Religious Life: Priests, Brothers or Sisters in Communities that embrace the spirituality, the charism, and the teachings of the Community’s founder call their way of life Religious life. Members of these Communities take vows of poverty, celibate chastity, and obedience.

Secular Institutes: Single or married lay men and women, and also some priests, belong to secular institutes. They make a commitment to live the “evangelical counsels” of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Members do not necessarily live together as a Community. Their goal is to be a transforming Christ-like presence in society.

Consecrated Virgins:    The consecrated virgin living in the world embodies a definitive vocation in itself. She is not a quasi-Religious, nor is she in a vocation that is in the process of becoming a Religious Institute or Congregation. Nevertheless, she is a consecrated person, with her bishop as her guide. By virtue of the consecration, she is responsible to pray for her diocese and clergy. The consecrated virgin living in the world, as expressed in Canon 604, is irrevocably "consecrated to God, mystically espoused to Christ and dedicated to the service of the Church, when the diocesan bishop consecrates [her] according to the approved liturgical rite."

Below is a list of religious orders serving the Diocese of Springfield

Women religious central offices

Daughters of the Heart of Mary
Contact: Paula Gaudet, DHM
1365 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040-1913
Phone: 413-534-4502
Fax: 413-534-7353
Email: pgaudet@dhmna.org
Web: www.dhmna.org

Daughters of the Holy Spirit
Sister Jacqueline Robillard, DHS Provincial
Provincial House
72 Church St.
Putnam, CT 06260
Tel. (860) 928-0891, (860) 928-0895
Fax: (860) 928-6496
Web: www.d-hs.org

Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Mother Mary Mark Pizzotti, DM
Superior General
314 Osgood Ave., New Britain, CT 06053
Tel. (860) 225-9406
Fax: (860) 225-4321
Web: www.crossfire.org

Daughters of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe
Madre Maria de Lourdes Marquinez Moraza
Privda de San Sebastian 80
Col San Sebastian Del. Acapetzalco
Apartado Post. 16-204
02040 Mexico D. F.

Dominican Nuns
Sister Mary of the Immaculate Conception, OP Prioress
Monastery of the Mother of God
1430 Riverdale St.
West Springfield, 01089- 4698
Tel. 736-3639
Fax: 736-0850

Web: www.op-stjoseph.org/nuns/ws

Felician Sisters
Our Lady of the Angels Convent
1315 Enfield St.
Enfield, CT 06082-4929
Tel. (860) 745-7791

Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Assisi
Sr. Carol Woods, SFMA
Vice-Provincial Superior
1039 Northampton St.
Holyoke, 01040
Tel. 532-8156
Fax: 534-7741
www.SistersofAssisi.org

Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New York
Sr. Rita Frances Guaracsi, OSF
Local Minister Aline Krause
Congregation Secretary,
P.O. Box W
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778-2302
Tel: (716) 373-3440
Tel. (716) 373-0200
Fax: (716) 372-5774
Web: www.alleganyfranciscans.org

Franciscan Sisters
of St. Joseph
Sr. M. Paulette Tirone, FSSJ
General Minister
5286 South Park Ave.
Hamburg, NY 14075
Tel. (716) 649-1205
Fax: (716) 649-5958
E-mail: smptirone@fssj.org
Web: www.franciscansistershamburg.org

Little Sisters of St. Francis
Major Superior: Sr. Pauline Namuddu, LSOG
Mother Kevin Generalate
P.O. Box 1891
Jinja, Uganda
East Africa

Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo-Scalabrinians
Sr. Marissonia Daltoé, MSCS
Provincial House
1414 N. 37th Ave.
Melrose Park, IL 60160
Tel. (708) 343-2162
Fax: (708) 343-6452

Missionary Sisters
of Our Lady of Africa
Provincial: Sister Lise Giguere
12435 Ave de la Misericorde
Montreal, Quebec H42G3
Tel: 514-333-5307

Oblate Sisters of the Most Holy Eucharist
Madre Maria de los Angeles Reges, OSSE
Camino Real
Xochimilco N 25
Col. Tepepan, Mexico D.F.
C.P. 16020
Tel. 0155-564-0136

Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
Monastery of the Visitation
Sister Mary Emmanuel, VHM
Superior
P.O. Box 432
Tyringham, 01264
Tel. 243-3995
Fax: 243-3543
Web: www.vistyr.org

School Sisters of Notre Dame
Sr. Mary V. Maher, SSND
Provincial Leader
6401 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21212
Tel: (410) 377-7774 Ext. 1131
Web: www.ssnd.org

School Sisters of St. Francis
St. Francis Retreat
Provincialate Office
Monocacy Manor
395 Bridle Path Rd.
Bethlehem, PA 18017
Tel. (610) 866-2597
Fax: (610) 861-7478
Tel. Provincial Office (610) 867-8494
E-mail: monocacy@enter.net

School Sisters of St. Francis
Sr. Francis M. Duncan, OSF
934 Forest Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15202
(412) 761-6004
vocationsosf@gmail.com
Web: www.franciscansisters-pa.org

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Boston Province
Sisters of Notre Dame Boston Province Center
351 Broadway
Everett, MA 02149-3425
Tel: (617) 387-2500
Fax: (617) 387-1303
bosprovctr@aol.com
Web: www.sndden.org

Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker
Sister Elizabeth Ann
1 St. Joseph Lane
Walton, KY 41094
(859) 485-4256
vocations@ssjw.org
Web: www.ssjw.org

Connecticut Province
Sisters of Notre Dame
The Province Center
468 Poquonock Avenue
Windsor, CT 06095-2473
Tel: (860) 688-1832
Fax: (860) 683-1741
sndct@aol.com
Web: www.sndden.org

Ipswich Province
Sisters of Notre Dame
30 Jeffreys Neck Road
Ipswich, MA 01938-1398 USA
Tel: (978) 356-4669/4381
Fax: (978) 356-9759
prvncoff@aol.com
Web: www.sndden.org

Sisters of Providence
Sr. Joan Mullen, SP President
Sisters of Providence at Providence Place
5 Gamelin St.
Holyoke, 01040-4081
Tel. 536-7511- Ext. 550
E-mail: ALynch@sisofprov.org
Web: www.sisofprov.org

Sisters of St. Anne
Provincialate
720 Boston Post Rd. East
Marlborough, 01752
Tel. (508) 481-4934 Fax: (508) 481-4939
Province Leaders:
Sr. Yvette Bellerose, SSA
E-mail: ybellerose@sistersofsaintanne.org
Sr. Marguerite St. Amand, SSA
E-mail: smstamand@aol.com
Web: www.sistersofsaintanne.org

Sisters of St. Joseph
Mont Marie
34 Lower Westfield Rd. - Ste. 1
Holyoke, MA 01040
Sister Mary Quinn, SSJ, President
Tel. 536-0853
Fax: 533-3275
E-mail: mail@ssjspringfield.com
Web: www.ssjspringfield.com

Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery
27 Park Rd.
West Hartford, CT 06119
Sister Sally M. Hodgdon, CSJ
Provincial Superior
Tel. (860) 233-5126
Fax: (860) 232-4649
E-mail: smhcsj@juno.com
Web: www.sistersofsaintjoseph.org

Sisters of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Sr. Muriel Lemoine, SASV
2 Buchanan Rd.
Salem, 01970
Tel. (978) 744-2757
Sr. Lorraine Normand, Regional Treasurer
316 Lincoln St.
Worcester, 01605
(508) 856-9450
Email: mursasv@yahoo.com

Sisters of the Presentation of Mary
Sister Helene Bissonnette, PM
Provincial
Provincial House
209 Lawrence St.
Methuen, 01844
Tel. (978) 687-1369
Fax: (978) 975-1998
Email: prov.methuen@verizon.net
Web: www.presmarymethuen.org

Priests, Brothers/ Central Offices

Congregation of Marians
Very Rev. Walter Dziordz, MIC,
Provincial Superior
Bro. Andrew Maczynski, Superior
E-mail: ProvAdmin@aol.com or
dmshrine@marian.org
Eden Hill
Stockbridge, MA 01262
Tel. 298-3931 or 298-1100
Fax: 298-0207
Web Site: www.thedivinemercy.org

Conventual Franciscan Friars
Immaculate Conception Province
Rev. Justin Biase, OFM, Conv.,
Minister Provincial
Provincialate
517 Washington Ave.
P.O. Box 629
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Tel. (518) 472-1000
Fax: (518) 472-1013
E-mail: Webmaster@franciscanseast.org
Web: www.franciscanseast.org

Conventual Franciscan Friars
St. Anthony of Padua Province
Very Rev. Michael Kolodziej, OFM Conv.,
Minister Provincial
Very Rev. Mark Szanyi, OFM Conv.,
Vicar Provincial
Very Rev. Thomas Lavin, OFM, Conv.,
Secretary of the Province
Rev. Robert Augustine Twele, OFM Conv.,
Treasurer of the Province
Provincial House
12300 Folly Quarter Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042-1419
Tel. (410) 531-1400
Fax: (410) 531-4881
Email: stanthonyprovince.org
Web: www.stanthonyprovince.org

Missionaries of LaSalette
Province of Mary, Mother of Americas
915 Maple Ave.
Hartford, CT 06114-2330
Tel. (860) 956-8870
Fax: (860) 956-8849
E Mail. MLSADMIN@aol.com
Web: www.lasalette.org
Very Rev. Dennis J. Loomis, MS,
Provincial
Rev. Joseph G. Bachand, MS,
Vicar Provincial
Rev. Bernard Baris, MS
Provincial Assistant
Bro. Claude F. Rheaume, MS,
Provincial Treasurer

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M., Cap.)
Province of St. Mary of the Capuchin Order
Vocation Office - Brother Tim Jones, O.F.M., Cap., Coordinator of Vocation Ministry
Good Shepherd Friary
608 Isham Street
New York, NY 10034
Tel. (212) 567-1300
Email: Brotimjones@yahoo.com
Provincial
Very Rev. John Gallagher, O.F.M., Cap
St. Conrad Friary
30 Gedney Park Drive
White Plains, NY 10605
Tel. (914) 761-3008
Web: www.capuchin.org

Passionist Community
Very Rev. Joseph R. Jones, CP,
Provincial
Provincial Pastoral Center
Corpus Christi Residence
80 David St.
South River, NJ 08882
Tel. (732) 257-7177 (community)
Fax: (732) 257-0042 (community)
Fax: (732) 257-3158 (provincial)
Web: www.thepassionists.org
Email: Jdouglas@epprov.org

Stigmatine Fathers and Brothers
Very Rev. Gregory J. Hoppough, CSS,
Provincial Superior
554 Lexington St.
Waltham, MA 02452
Tel. (781) 209-3100
Fax: (781) 894-9785
Email: gregh@stigmatines.com
Web: www.stigmatines.com