Religious Vocation Sites

All Communities listed are personally known by Priests of the Fathers of Mercy

Men’s Contemplative Communities

Community of St. John – Laredo, Texas & Peoria, Illinois

Carmelite Monks of Wyoming – Cody, Wyoming

Prince of Peace Abbey – Order of St. Benedict, Oceanside, California

Selected Men’s Communities – From Institute of Religious Life website

Men’s Apostolic Communities

Canons Regular – Chicago, Illinois

Norbertines – St. Michael’s Abbey — Orange County, California

Society of St. John Cantius – Chicago, Illinois

Franciscan Communities

Franciscan Friars of the Renewal – Bronx, New York

Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate – New Bedford, Massachusetts

Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word - Irondale, Alabama

Other Communities

Oblates of the Virgin Mary (U.S. Province) – Boston, Massachusetts

Dominican Fathers (Eastern Province, USA)

Selected Men’s Communities – From Institute of Religious Life website

Women’s Contemplative Communities

Franciscan Communities

Poor Clares Nuns (Maria Regina Mater Monastery) – Kokomo, Indiana

Poor Clares Nuns (Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery) – Roswell, New Mexico

Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration (Our Lady of Solitude Monastery) – Black Canyon City, Arizona

Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration (St. Joseph Monastery) — Portsmouth, Ohio

Carmelite Communities

Carmelite Nuns Monasteries

Dominican Communities

Dominican Nuns (St. Jude Monastery) – Marbury, Alabama

Other Communities

Passionist Nuns (St. Joseph Monastery) - Whitesville, Kentucky

Selected Women’s Communities – From Institute of Religious Life website

Women’s Apostolic Communities

Carmelite Communities

Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles – Alhambra, California

Dominican Communities

Dominicans Sisters of St. Cecilia – Nashville, Tennessee

Dominicans Sisters of Hawthorne – Hawthorne, New York

Dominicans Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist – Ann Arbor, Michigan

Franciscan Communities

Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George – Alton, Illinois

Sisters Servants of the Eternal Word – Birmingham, Alabama

Other Communities

Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker – Walton, Kentucky

Sisters of Life – Bronx, New York

Little Sisters of the Poor – Totowa, New Jersey

Sisters Servants of the Sacred Heart – Cresson, Pennsylvania

Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious – Organization of Authentic (Active) Women’s Communities

Selected Women’s Communities – From Institute of Religious Life website