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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Leadership for the U.S.-Ontario Province include top row from left: Kathleen Hilton, SNJM, Seattle, Washington;
Jane Hibbard, SNJM, Portland, Oregon; Mariellen Blaser, SNJM, Washington D.C.;
second row from left, Marcia Frideger, SNJM, Oakland, California and Mary Ellen Holohan, SNJM, Lake Oswego, OR.

Sisters of the Holy Names Leadership Team
U.S. - Ontario Province

On January 1, 2011, the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary welcomed their new Leadership Team of the U.S.- Ontario Province. This is the second Leadership Team of this Province, which was formed in 2006 as the union of five of North American provinces: California, Oregon, Washington, New York and Ontario, Canada. The Holy Names Congregation took this decisive action to strengthen and extend their ministries, as well as to consolidate their resources, ensuring their continued dedication to education well into the future.

The total number of members in the U.S.- Ontario Province is 560 Sisters and 405 Associates. The headquarters for the new entity is located at Marylhurst, Oregon. 

The Sisters and Associates of the province remain dedicated to the full development of the human person through education, social justice, pastoral services, contemplation, the arts, and other related ministries.

The province is coordinated by a five-person leadership team whose term of office is five years. The Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary are an international Catholic congregation of religious women, founded in Montreal in 1843 by Mother Marie Rose Durocher, and is now comprised of the provinces of Quebec and Manitoba, in Canada, Lesotho in Africa, U.S.- Ontario, and the Mission Sector, including Brazil and Peru.

 

 


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