Consecrated Life & Religious Communities

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Consecrated virginity is among the oldest forms of consecrated life in the Church. A fruit of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council was the restoration of this solemn consecration for virgins living in the world; the revised Rite was promulgated on May 31, 1970. Through this sacramental at the hands of the Diocesan Bishop, the Church receives the gift of virginity offered by the woman and calls down upon her the grace of the Holy Spirit. She enters a public state of consecrated life in the Church and receives the ancient title “Bride of Christ”, a title shared with the Church herself.

Contact the Hamilton Diocese Office for Vocations for information regarding discernment groups.

Carmel of St. Joseph
www.thecarmel.ca
To learn more, please contact, nuns@thecarmel.ca

Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne
Congrégation des soeurs de Sainte-Anne (ssacong.org)
To learn more, please contact Sr. Lorraine Rival, ssa lrival@hamiltondiocese.com
For more information on becoming a Lay associate of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne
http://www.ssacong.org/eng/associees/index.htm

Felician Franciscan Sisters
www.feliciansisters.org
to learn more contact: Sr. Andrea Rita marie Kowalczyk CSSF sisandrearita@gmail.com
For more information on becoming a lay associate of the Felician Franciscan Sisters visit:
Felician Associates – Felician Sisters

Institute of Kkottongnae Sisters of Jesus
A Religious Community founded in Korea and serving the Korean communities in the Diocese of Hamilton

Poor of Jesus Christ
Mission House Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Hamilton
https://www.sisterspoorofjesuschrist.com/
To learn more, please contact, skateri@ocaminho.org 

School Sisters of Notre Dame
https://ssnd.org/
To learn more, please contact Sister Delia Calis calisdelia@yahoo.ca
For more information on becoming a lay associate of the School Sisters of Notre Dame
https://atlanticmidwest.org/join-us-mission/become-associate
Please contact Sr. Louise Vanderploeg louisevpssnd@gmail.com

Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Zagreb
To learn more, please contact, Sr. Bernadette Copak, S.O.C., sister_bernadette@hotmail.com

Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate
Website: solisisters.ca
Facebook: Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate
Instagram: @solisisters 
Vocation Director: Sr. Maria Immaculata, SOLI: 
email: vocations@solisisters.ca

Sisters of St. John the Baptist
https://baptistines.org/
To learn more, please contact, Sr. Susann Faustino, C.S.J.B. srsue.faustino@gmail.com
905-387-6000

Sisters of St. Joseph
Congregation of Sisters of St Joseph in Canada (csjcanada.org)
To learn more, please contact, Sr. Mary Rowell mrowell@csjcanada.org
Or  Sr. Nancy Sullivan nsullivan@csjcanada.org

Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
https://ihmsistersng.org/
To learn more, please contact, ihearts@rogers.com

Sisters of the Precious Blood
https://pbsisters.on.ca/vocations/
Precious Blood Monastery, Dundas
To learn more, please contact, Sr. Carol Foran Vocations Director, hamilton@pbsisters.com

Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate
www.ssmi.org
https://ssmi.org/vocations/#your-call
To learn more, please contact, Sr. Christine Dudych, SSMI  ssmican@pathcom.com

Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Religious of the Sacred Heart | (rscjinternational.org)

Ursuline Sisters of Chatham
https://ursulines.org/
To learn more, please contact, Sister Eileen Schuller, osu  schuller@mcmaster.ca

Barnabite Fathers
Oakville, ON
https://www.barnabites.com/oakville-on/

Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
Oakville, ON
http://www.cmi.org.in/Default.aspx

Comboni Missionaries
Kitchener, ON
https://combonimissionaries.org/

Congregation of the Holy Cross
Waterdown, ON
https://holycrosscongregation.org/

Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)
https://www.redemptorists.ca/

Congregation of the Resurrection
Waterloo, ON
provincialoffice@resurrectioncollege.ca
https://resurrectionists.ca/

Discalced Carmelites
http://www.ocdmonline.org/

Franciscan Fathers
https://www.crofranciscans.com/parishes-zupe

Holy Ghost Congregation (Spiritans)
https://www.spiritans.com/

Hospitaller Order of St. John of God
Hamilton, ON
https://sjog-na.org/hamilton-ontario/

Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Loyola House
Guelph, ON
executivedirector@ignatiusguelph.ca
www.ignatiusguelph.ca

Jesuit Fathers - Upper Canada Province
https://jesuits.ca/

Legionaries of Christ
Oakville, ON
https://legionvocations.org/

Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Hamilton, ON
https://omilacombe.ca/

Order of Preachers (Dominican)
https://www.op.org/

Pallottine Fathers
Waterloo, Ontario
https://www.sac.info/?lang=en

Salesians of St. Don Bosco
Hamilton, ON
https://salesians.org/

Society of Christ
https://www.chrystusowcy.pl/en

Voluntas Dei Institute 
https://www.ivdei.org/welcome