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• Charity, Sisters of — ▪ religious congregation       any of numerous Roman Catholic congregations of noncloistered women who are engaged in a wide variety of active works, especially teaching and nursing. Many of these congregations follow a rule of life based upon… …   Universalium

• Sisters of St. Joseph — This article is about the Roman Catholic order of founded in Le Puy, France. For the congregation of the same name founded in 1845 in Alsace, see Sisters of St. Joseph of Saint Marc. For the congregation of the same name founded in 1867 by Mary… …   Wikipedia

• Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth —     Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth     (Mother house at Convent Station, near Morristown, New Jersey).     A community founded at Newark, in 1859, by Mother Mary Xavier… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — Founded 1979, San Francisco, California, United States Area served Global Focus LGBT activism Method …   Wikipedia

• Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (New York) —     Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (New York)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (New York)     (Motherhouse at Mt. St. Vincent on Hudson, New York; not to be confused with the Sisters of Charity of …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities     Charity and Charities …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul —     Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul     A congregation of women with simple vows, founded in 1633 and devoted to corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Their full… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sisters of Mercy —     Sisters of Mercy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sisters of Mercy     A congregation of women founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1827, by Catherine Elizabeth McAuley, born 29 September, 1787, at Stormanstown House, County Dublin. Descended from an… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sisters of St. Elizabeth —     Sisters of St. Elizabeth     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sisters of St. Elizabeth     Generally styled Grey Nuns . They sprang from an association of young ladies established by Dorothea Klara Wolff, in connection with the sisters, Mathilde and …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sisters of Saint Elizabeth — a Roman Catholic religious order. Generally styled Grey Nuns [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05388a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia Article] ] . The order was founded by an association of young ladies established by Dorothea Klara Wolff, in… …   Wikipedia