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Religious Life

“Le Typhus,” votive painting by Theophile Hamel, 1817-1870, Canadian, installed in the ceiling at the entrance to Notre-Dame-De-Bonsecours Church in Montreal. (Wikimedia Commons)

Fleeing the Irish potato famine and dying of typhus, they found the Grey Nuns

Robert Brennan|May 14, 2026|4 Min Read

Sisters of Life Maria Augustine, left, Leonie Therese and Beata Victoria kneel in the sanctuary during Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Aug. 6, 2025. The three women religious professed their perpetual vows during the liturgy. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz)

82% in new report respond they had no one professing perpetual vows in 2025

Madalaine Elhabbal|Jan 28, 2026|2 Min Read

Group photo of Congregation of Jesus (CJ) sisters and Father Arturo Sosa after Mass on Nov. 4, 2025. The CJ and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM) have officially merged into one congregation. | (Photo courtesy of Congregatio Jesu/CNA)

World

Congregation of Jesus and Loretto Sisters unite as one congregation

Catholic News Agency|Nov 5, 2025|2 Min Read

Rose Hawthorne, daughter of author Nathaniel Hawthorne, in a photo taken before her work with cancer patients. (OSV News/courtesy Hawthorne Dominicans)

Rose Hawthorne’s life of service moves closer to sainthood

Gina Christian|Mar 26, 2024|4 Min Read

A scene from the film “Into Great Silence.” (IMDB)

‘Into Great Silence’ and faith lived loudly

Heather King|Mar 12, 2024|4 Min Read

Religious

Religious converge on Vatican amid falling numbers, growing scandals

Elise Ann Allen|Feb 1, 2024|6 Min Read

St. Andrew's Abbey in Valyermo, California. (Image via Facebook © ST. ANDREW'S ABBEY, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

Becoming a Benedictine oblate

Heather King|Dec 22, 2023|4 Min Read

The late Sister Maria Rosa Leggol hugs a child in a scene from “With this Light.” (Miraflores Films)

‘Mother Teresa of Honduras’ spotlighted in new documentary

Stefano Rebeggiani|Sep 14, 2023|5 Min Read

Sister Ana Lidia Gonzales, right, sits with participants -- including Cassandra Verma, left -- during the Miriam Dinner, which provided young women with an opportunity to consider religious life, at Our Lady of Grace Church in Encino on March 18. (Submitted photo)

Encino parish hosts religious vocations dinner for young women

Mike Cisneros|Apr 5, 2023|3 Min Read

(Courtesy of the Sisters of Life via CNA)

Pregnant and scared? Sisters of Life share 8 messages of hope after Roe

Katie Yoder|Aug 29, 2022|6 Min Read

Attendees look on Aug. 14, 2019, during the Leadership Conference of Women Religious Assembly in Scottsdale, Ariz. (CNS photo/ Dan Stockman, Global Sisters Report)

Faith

LCWR president outlines 'map-shaping' concepts for future of religious life

Catholic News Service|Aug 15, 2022|6 Min Read

Members of the Sisters of Life join other pro-life advocates in reciting the rosary during a monthly "Witness for Life" prayer vigil held across the street from a Planned Parenthood center in New York City. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

A revival of women religious?

Charles Camosy|Mar 30, 2022|4 Min Read

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