A Passion for Justice

We are an international congregation of women religious and associates dedicated to the full development of the human person. Wherever we minister, you will find the spirit and charism of our foundress, Blessed Marie Rose Durocher. As vowed religious and associates, we minister with a deep longing for a new creation, a passion for the reign of God’s justice to be among us. Today, 1500 women and men carry this spirit to three continents. We educate to bring liberation, we stand in solidarity with those who are invisible, discounted and disenfranchised, and we work with others to bring about a world of just relationships.


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St. Mary's Academy, 1859

 

About the Sisters of the Holy Names

The Sisters of the Holy Names, an international congregation of women religious, work toward the full development of the human person through education and compassion with the hope of building a better world. The Sisters have a special concern for women and vulnerable children and are committed to being responsible stewards of the earth.

The Holy Names Community has ministered in the Northwest since 1859, the year Oregon became a State. Today, the Sisters still carry the fire of their foundress, Marie Rose Durocher, into a wider world of education that embraces parish communities and diverse populations working toward a more just world.

St. Mary’s Academy in downtown Portland, is celebrating 146 years of educating the region’s young women. The school provides a college preparatory curriculum to a diverse population and creates an environment for each to develop academically, spiritually, aesthetically, athletically, and socially. Website

Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst expresses the Sister’s charism and mission by providing a continuum of housing and health services in a caring retirement community for many seniors, including their own retired Sisters. Located on 75 acres of natural splendor in Oregon’s Willamette River Valley, Mary’s Woods offers living options that will meet any retirement lifestyle, as well as a full range of health care services and amenities.  Website

The Sisters of the Holy Names formed a new U.S.-Ontario Province which began operations January, 2006  more

 

 


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