“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. Remain in me, as I remain in you. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you to go and bear fruit that will remain.”
John 15:1,16
“The charism of Religious Life is the fruit of the Holy Spirit, who is always at work within the Church.”
Perfectae Caritatis, no. 11.
** To learn about a particular Religious community, click on its name below to be directed to its website.
- Religious Institutions of Women Represented in the Fall River Diocese
- Dominican Sisters of Hope (O.P.)
- Dominican Sisters of the Presentation (O.P.)
- Faithful Companions of Jesus (F.C.J.)
- Holy Union Sisters (S.U.S.C.)
- Maronite Servants of Christ the Light
- Missionaries of Charity (M.C.)
- Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity (M.S.B.T.)
- Servants of the Lord and Our Lady of Matará
- Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (S.A.B.S.)
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (R.S.M.)
- Sisters of Our Lady of LaSalette (S.N.D.S.)
- Sisters of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of Perpetual Adoration (SS.CC.)
- Sisters of St. Dorothy (S.S.D.)
- Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (P.B.V.M.)
- Religious Institutions of Men Represented in the Fall River Diocese
- Congregation of Holy Cross (C.S.C.)
- Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (SS.CC.)
- Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. Conv.)
- Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (F.F.I.)
- Franciscan Friars (O.F.M.)
- Institute of the Incarnate Word (I.V.E.)
- Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette (M.S.)
- Society of Divine Vocations (S.D.V.)