“The consecrated life, especially in difficult times, is a blessing for human life and for the life of the church,” Pope John Paul II writes in ‘Vita Consecrata’ (The Consecrated Life), his apostolic exhortation. To assist those who feel called to the consecrated life, the Office for Consecrated Life lists those Congregations who serve in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
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CICM
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Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Missionhurst)
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ACJ
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CM
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ALCS
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Holy Spirit Sisters of Tanzania
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CSSp
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Congregation of the Holy Spirit
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ASSP
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CSsR
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CIC
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FC
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CSFN
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FSC
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Brothers of the Christian Schools
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CSR
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LC
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Legionaries of Christ
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CSSF
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MSC
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DC
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M.Afr.
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Missionaries of Africa
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DSMP
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MSS
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Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament
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FSP
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OdeM
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Order of Our Lady of Mercy (Mercedarians)
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GNSH
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OdeM
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IHM
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OFM
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IHM
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OFM, Cap
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LSA
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Little Sisters of the Assumption
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O.M.I
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Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate
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LSP
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O Praem
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MC
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OSA
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MMS
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OSFS
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MPF
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OSPPE
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Pauline Fathers
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MSBT
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OSST
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Order of the Most Holy Trinity
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MSC
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SC
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Servants of Charity
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MSC
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Sch.P
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Order of the Pious Schools (Piarist Fathers)
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MSHR
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SJ
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OCD
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SM
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Society of Mary - Marianists
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OP
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Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine de Ricci
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ST
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Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity
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OP
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Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne (Servants of Incurable Cancer) |
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TOR
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Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance
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OP
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CO
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Congregation of the Oratory
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OP
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IVE
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OP
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OP
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OSBM
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OSC
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OSF
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Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis
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OSF
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OSF
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OSST
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Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity
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OSU
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POSC
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RA
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Religious of the Assumption
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RDC
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RGS
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RSM
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RSM
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SBS
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SCC
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Sisters of Christian Charity
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SCN
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Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
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SHCJ
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SNDdeN
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Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur(Maryland, Base & Chesapeake)
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SOLM
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SSCJ
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SSJ
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SSND
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SSpSAP
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SSVM
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VHM
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Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
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