Consecrated Women Living and Working in the Detroit Archdiocese
Sisters are women of the Church able to discover the needs of the people and flexible enough to respond to them. Originally, most sisters were in education and hospital work but the variety of ministries has expanded to include ministry to the elderly, sick and dying, to the grieving, the divorced, and alienated; to the homeless and hungry, the refugee, the runaway, the addicted, and to prison reform.
Sisters are found in youth ministry, working with developmentally disabled, family life, parish pastoral ministry, retreat work and care and counseling of battered women, to name only a few.
While there are groups of sisters founded especially as missionaries, most communities provide opportunities for service in other countries and cultures as well as locally. There are also sisters totally dedicated to the contemplative lifestyle. They live a life of silence and solitude, constant prayer and penance.
The Vows
A sister chooses to deepen her baptismal commitment by making three vows.
By living her vow of poverty she hopes to show that before God she is poor, and that the gifts and talents she has received from God are to be shared with others.
The vow of celibacy constantly reminds her that God alone is the center of her life, and that she must also love others deeply, yet nonpossessively.
By obedience she promises to listen for and to follow the will of God in her life, to be open and available to be sent where she is needed.
Adrian Dominican Sisters are involved in various ministries throughout the Archdiocese of Detroit, including teaching and administration in schools, religious education, pastoral ministry, counseling and health care.
Through prayer and contemplation, the Discalced Carmelite Nuns dedicate themselves to the spiritual and temporal welfare of the Church and world, and especially for the sanctification of priests.
Bon Secours means Good Help. Sisters serve in ministries in the Archdiocese of Detroit in the area of health care, pastoral ministry, and social service outreach to the poor. Sisters serve in eight states and five countries
The Sisters conduct two homes for the aged and one adult foster care residence. They also engage in education, hospital work, pastoral ministry, care of children and the elderly, and social work in the U.S. and several countries in Europe and Brazil.
Solemn vows and cloister lend simplicity of life and provide an atmosphere for prayer and study to these Dominican nuns. Extern Sisters with perpetual vows are also included in the community.
Our Community was formed in response to the call of Pope John Paul II in the Post-Synodal Exhortation, Vita Consecrata, regarding his belief that today it is opportune to establish new foundations which "bear witness to the constant attraction which the total gift of self to the Lord ... continues to exert even on the present generation." (VC, 12)
General Motherhouse and Novitiate of the Congregation of St. Rose of Lima. The Sisters minister in the areas of education, nursing and pastoral care. They administer three homes for the elderly and conduct retreats at centers in Oxford.
The Felician Sisters, also known as the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice, is an international congregation. The Felician Sisters are Third-Order Franciscans who follow Mary as our model and guide, center our prayer in the Eucharist, live in community, and serve God's Church. Our mission is to cooperate with Christ in the spiritual renewal of the world.
Established in 1869, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity serve in Catholic health care, education and parish ministries in 11 U.S. dioceses (Green Bay, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Tucson, Honolulu, Chicago, Marquette, Jackson, Omaha, Columbus and Steubenville).
The Sisters' particular focus is on evangelization and lay leadership development with emphasis on racial and cultural understanding. Their ministries include nursing home visitation, child and adult education, retreats, etc.
IHM Sisters ministry has evolved and grown in response to the pressing global, social and ecological injustices in the world. Those needs offer various opportunities in ministry, including traditional and nontraditional education, justice advocacy, spirituality and sustainability. IHM Sisters minister in formal and religious education, pastoral care, service in diocesan offices, spiritual direction and counseling, social justice and peace, hospital and campus ministry, foreign missions and specialized ministries. Though scattered worldwide, they have been concentrated in the Archdiocese of Detroit since their founding in 1845.
The Sisters of this international congregation, founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, serve the poorest of the poor. In the Archdiocese, they minister through a soup kitchen and clothing distribution center, provide temporary shelter for women and their children, conduct tutorial classes and visit shut-ins.
The Sisters of Mary Reparatrix is an international congregation whose Sisters are engaged in active ministries to bring Christ’s healing and reconciling presence to people alienated from God and from one another.
While some Sisters minister in education, many minister in hospitals in various capacities. Others are engaged in social work and direct service to the poor, women, and children.
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Sisters are women of the Church able to discover the needs of the people and flexible enough to respond to them. Originally, most sisters were in education and hospital work but the variety of ministries has expanded to include ministry to the elderly, sick and dying, to the grieving, the divorced, and alienated; to the homeless and hungry, the refugee, the runaway, the addicted, and to prison reform. 
