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In September our Sisters traveled to California for visits in Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley & more!

Retreats are now available for registration at Villa Maria CT, Allenspark CO, Broom Tree SD and more!

Sr. Magdalene Teresa Mercy and Sr. Elizabeth Ann celebrated their 25th Anniversary of professing vows to the Lord of Life.

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Each year Sisters of Life travel on Mission Trips to different locations to share to good news of the Gospel and the sacredness of every person.

Three of our Sisters professed their final vows on August 6th at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Nine of our postulants entered the novitiate.

This summer, four of our Sisters traveled on pilgrimage to Poland, the “Land of Mercy”.

On Saturday, July 5th, five of our novices joyfully professed their First Vows

On June 1st, seven of our Sisters renewed their vows at Villa Maria Guadalupe.

This May, Sr. Mary Grace, Sr. Ann Immaculee, Sr. Catherine Joy Marie, and Sr. Rosa Goretti Immaculata had the great joy of traveling to the beautiful land of Ireland.

This May, Sr. Marie Veritas, Mother Agnes Mary, Sr. Lumen Gloriae, and Sr. Joseph Mary Nazareth had the great joy of traveling to the land of the English saints.

In April, three of our Sisters visited Georgia.

The 25th Anniversary Celebration of the entrance into eternal life of our founder, Cardinal O’Connor

This March, three of our Sisters traveled on pilgrimage to Poland, the “Land of Mercy”.

College students and FOCUS Missionaries joined our Sisters for a spring break experience in NYC.

In February, three of our Sisters visited Oregon.

The Third Annual Life Fest, hosted by the Sisters of Life, the Diocese of Arlington, and the Knights of Columbus, draws thousands of youth to celebrate the dignity of all human life.

Nine of our Sisters attended SEEK 2025 in Salt Lake City, and six attended SEEK 2025 in Washington, DC.

In December, three of our Sisters visited Wisconsin.

In October, three of our Sisters visited New Mexico.

Ten of our Sisters professed their final vows on August 6th at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

This summer, four of our Sisters traveled on pilgrimage to Poland, the “Land of Mercy”.

Twenty-eight of our Sisters and Postulants attended the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.

Six of our postulants entered the novitiate.

Sr. Claudia Marie professed her perpetual vows on June 29th at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica.

On Saturday, June 22, six of our novices joyfully professed their First Vows

On June 21, five of our Sisters renewed their vows at Annunciation Motherhouse.

In February, three of our Sisters visited Oregon for a Lenten mission trip.

The Second Annual Life Fest, hosted by the Sisters of Life and the Knights of Columbus, draws thousands of youth to celebrate the dignity of all human life.

12 of our Sisters attended SEEK 2024.

In December, three of our Sisters visited Illinois.

In October, our Sisters traveled to California for visits with USC and UC Irvine.

Sr. Gaudia Maria Magdalena professed her perpetual vows on August 26th at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica.

Mother Agnes Mary received the Gaudium et Spes Award from the Knights of Columbus.

Seven of our Sisters professed their final vows on August 5th at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

In July, four of our Sisters traveled on pilgrimage to Poland, the “Land of Mercy”.

In July, Sr. Josephine Rose and Sr. Lucia Christi joined young adults for the Tertio Millennio Seminar in Poland.

Five of our postulants entered the novitiate.

Our Sisters joined helped spread a culture of life with Biking for Babies.

Our Sisters and postulants brought the Charism of Life to Maine.

Four of our Sisters joined missionaries at the Damascus Equip Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

On Saturday, June 24, six of our novices joyfully professed their First Vows

On June 23, five of our Sisters renewed their vows at Annunciation Motherhouse.

We are pleased to announce the election of our new Superior General, Mother Mary Concepta, S.V. and her council.

Two of our Sisters shared the Charism of Life in Miami.

Two of our Sisters shared the Charism of Life with students at Indiana U in Bloomington, IN.

College students and Focus Missionaries joined our Sisters for a spring break experience in NYC.

Three of our Sisters shared the Charism of Life in Eugene, Oregon.

Our Sisters attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C.

The Sisters of Life and Knights of Columbus hosted Life Fest, a morning rally and Mass.

10 of our Sisters attended SEEK 2023.

Our Sisters attended a retreat with Fiat Ministries.

3 of our Sisters gave an Advent Parish Mission at 2 parishes in Orange County, CA. 

The Sisters visited St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on December 8.

Our Sisters in the New York Respect Life Office hosted a brunch for women in the Westchester area.

Two of our Sisters visited the Diocese of Evansville, Indiana.

Eight of our Sisters celebrated their 25th Anniversary of Vows in September.

Four of our Sisters professed their final vows on August 6.

Several of our Sisters made a pilgrimage with FOCUS missionaries and college students in July.

Our Sisters traveled to Alaska in July for the Awaken! Daughter Retreat.

Sr. Jeanne Marie and Sr. Avelina Joseph professed their final vows in Toronto, Canada.

Seven of our beloved postulants entered the novitiate on July 19.

Sr. Jeanne Marie and Sr. Avelina Joseph professed their perpetual vows on July 16th at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica.

The Perpetually Professed Sisters gathered together for days of prayer, community leisure and formation.

On Saturday, June 25, seven of our novices joyfully professed their First Vows

On June 24, 10 of our Sisters renewed their vows at Annunciation Motherhouse.

Sisters of Life at the Corpus Christi Procession at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and St. Vincent Ferrer/St. Catherine of Siena in NYC

Sr. Tirzah Mariae, Sr. Eden Marie and Sr. Maria Annunciata joined the ECHO TOB Retreat in Louisiana.

Sr. Marie Veritas, Sr. Gianna Maria and Sr. Josephine Rose had the huge gift of doing a parish mission at St. Thomas More Oratory, on the University of Delaware Campus, from March 20-23, 2022.

Three of our Sisters attended FOCUS SEEK at UNL in Nebraska.

On August 6, six of our Sisters professed their final vows at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

On June 11, six of our Sisters renewed their vows.

On July 17, our six postulants received the holy habit and a new religious name.

On June 26, five novices professed their First Vows at Sacred Heart Parish in Suffern, NY.

Sisters of Life renewed their vows for the first time on Canadian soil.

Montse Alvarado interviewed Sr. Magdalene Teresa, S.V. for EWTN News in Depth.

Eight women entered the postulancy this fall.

Sr. Virginia Joy, S.V. and Sr. Naomi Maria Magnificat, S.V. professed their Final Vows to the Lord of Life in our Motherhouse Chapel.

On August 4, five novices professed their First Vows in our Motherhouse Chapel.

On July 24, our eight postulants received the holy habit and a new religious name.

On the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, eight of our Sisters renewed their vows at our Motherhouse Chapel.

Sr. Mariae Agnus Dei and Sr. Virginia Joy gave a panel talk at the New York Encounter.

Sr. Maria Laetitia, Sr. Cora Caeli, and Sr. Desirae Purissima gave talks at the Columbia University Spring Retreat

Our Sisters attended the March for Life in Washington D.C.

In November, Sr. John Mary, Sr. Giovanna Mariae, Sr. Amata Filia and Sr. Mariae Agnus Dei visited Ireland.

On January 15, our Sisters in Philadelphia hosted a Holy Hour and Mass in thanksgiving for the life of our founder, Cardinal O’Connor.

On January 15, Sisters in the New York area gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to celebrate the life of Cardinal O’Connor.

We had the great joy to celebrate Christmas in Philly with many beautiful moms and their kids!

On Sunday, December 8, our Sisters in the New York area hosted our annual Advent Afternoon in thanksgiving for all of our friends and volunteers.

On November 16 Sr. Marie Veritas, Sr. Maria Laetitia, Sr. Cecilia Rose, and Sr. Elizabeth Grace traveled to Orange, CA

On November 30, Sisters in the New York area gathered for Artist’s Day.

Sr. Gianna Maria, Sr. Gloria Maria, Sr. Anima Christi Rose had the gift of attending DCYC in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Sr. Margaret Ruth Mary and Sr. Josamarie Perpetua went on a Scripturally-saturated pilgrimage to the Holy Land led by Dr. Tim Gray and his wife Kris.

On November 9, 2019, Sr. Antoniana Maria and Sr. Mary Grace spoke at RenewTO (http://www.ocytoronto.org/renewto/) in Toronto, ON, organized by OCY (Office of Catholic Youth).

Our Sisters and postulants had the great joy of attending the Philadelphia Women’s Conference on October 26, 2019, at the Our Lady of Cczestochowa Shrine in Doylestown, PA.

In the Fall, Sr. Bethany Madonna, Sr. Faustina Maria Pia and Sr. Ann Immaculee traveled to Michigan. 

This past Fall, Sr. Ann Immaculee and Sr. Zelie Maria traveled to Minnesota

In September, Sr. Faustina Maria Pia and Sr. Desirae Purissima traveled to Oklahoma.

On Saturday, September 7, eight women entered the postulancy of the Sisters of Life.

On August 6, Sr. Mary Margaret Hope, S.V., Sr. Josephine Rose, S.V. and Sr. Faith Marie, S.V. professed their Perpetual Vows to the Lord of Life.

On Sunday, August 5, eleven novices professed First Vows and received their first mission.

On Saturday, July 20, six of our Postulants entered the Novitiate.

This summer, we had the joy of being present at FOCUS’ New Staff Training in Bismarck, ND. While in the great north, we took the chance to hike part of the Badlands with some of the missionaries and the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia for a time of fellowship and formation.

On Saturday, June 22, the feastday of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas Moore, seven of our Sisters renewed their vows to the Lord of Life. Bishop O’Hara celebrated the afternoon Mass.We thank God for the gift of these Sisters and the renewal of their “yes”!

Hundreds of people joined our Sisters on June 23rd, 2019, as they walked through their neighborhood streets in North Philly, processing behind Jesus in the Holy Eucharist for the Feast of Corpus Christi…

Mother Agnes Mary, Sr. Mary Kolbe, Sr. Margaret Ruth Mary, Sr. Josamarie Perpetua and Sr. Lucy Marie renewed their vows on June 1.

Our Sisters traveled to Croatia in May to speak at the 2nd Annual Pro-Life International Conference in Zagreb. They traveled to Krk, Punat, Cres, and Mali Losinj where they gave talks, parish missions and shared the charism of life.

The Visitation Mission in New York hosted their annual Mother’s Day celebration in May.

The Philadelphia Visitation Mission hosted their first Mother’s Day event on May 11.

This May, Sr. Antoniana Maria, Sr. Jeanne Marie, Sr. Mary Grace, and Sr. Zelie Maria Louis had the great joy of traveling Down Under…

Sr. Bethany Madonna, Sr. Faustina Maria Pia and Sr. Lumen Gloriae spent many beautiful days in Nebraska at the end of March. The trip included a visit to the University of Nebraska, Omaha…

The Holy Spirit descended powerfully on the women of Columbus, Ohio for a day-long conference on Saturday, February 16th, hosted by women of the local area who desire to proclaim the beauty of the feminine heart. With 3500 women in attendance…

Sr. Jordan Rose and Sr. Ann Immaculee had the joy of attending an annual event hosted and run by the Seminarians of Mount St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland, entitled Mount 2000. For the past 20 years, Mount 2000 has been changing the lives of Catholic teens…

Sr. Bethany Madonna, Sr. Maeve Nativitas and Sr. Gianna Maria had the great privilege to spend a week with thousands of pilgrims from the around the world in Panama for the 34th World Youth Day. The theme of WYD…

Ten of our Sisters were able to attend the FOCUS SEEK conference (www.focus.org) from January 3-7, 2019, in Indianapolis, IN. It was…

On January 6th, hundreds of friends, volunteers and co-workers gathered for our Epiphany celebration at St. Malachy’s Catholic Church…

Amidst a blustering snowstorm and an island-wide power outage, Sr. Monica Marie and Sr. Avelina Joseph touched down to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, to host a Day of Recollection for the students at University of PEI…

The Deep South welcomed our sisters with open arms as we flew into New Orleans and made our first stop at Xavier University—a college…

In late October, our Sisters traveled to the Midwest for fellowship and prayer with the teens and young adults of Minnesota.

Sisters of Life took the charism of life down south as they traveled the beautiful state of Florida! The heat was more than just the temperature— but the fire of the Holy Spirit! We began our trip in Gainesville, FL…

This week the Sisters of Life spent an evening with the students of Columbia University and Barnard College for prayer, a tour of campus…