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Philadelphia celebrates new postulant, Maria Gerlach

Sisters welcome new affiliate; Pittsburgh native in Texas for formation program

Updated 1-29: Haitian orphans find respite at Holy Family Insitute; HFI launches Children's Fund

Argentine parents experience Nazareth hospitality during Haitian adoption process

U.S. CSFNs share 'snow days' with Rome

Feb Peace & Justice newsletter focuses on Haiti, Lent

Texas retreat center sponsors pilgrimage to Central Europe

Cheers greet "Catholic Sisters of Western PA" in Pittsburgh parade

March 17: Weekly reflection on vocations

Upcoming Events

Saturday, Mar 20, 2010
''The Nun Run'' - Archdiocese of Chicago

Friday, Apr 16 - Apr 18, 2010
Discernment Weekend, Grand Prairie, TX

Saturday, Apr 17, 2010
Come & See Day, Grand Prairie, TX

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Our History

About Us

Our History

The Congregation has a rich, 133-year tradition of serving God through service to families.  Founded in Rome in 1875 by Blessed Frances Siedliska, the Congregation came to the States in 1885.  In fact, the foundress and 11 sisters landed in New York on July 4, 1885; they proceeded by train to Chicago, arriving on July 6 to start their ministry to Polish immigrants.  From those early days, the sisters have ministered to families through education, health care and family services.  In recent decades, those ministries have expanded to include spirituality/retreat ministry, parish ministry, prison ministry, youth ministry and work with the poor in non-traditional settings.

Internationally, the Congregation has sisters serving in Italy, Poland, England, France, Israel, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Australia, the Philippines, and most recently, in Kazakhstan.  

Our History

“When I think of this miracle of God's mercy to have chosen our small Nazareth, the last in God's Church, for such work and that He entrusted to us such an important task in his Kingdom... I cannot tell you how grateful I am to the Lord of Love."  (Blessed Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, writing about the first Nazareth establishments in the United States)

Frances Siedliska, a noblewoman from Poland, founded the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (CSFN) as an international congregation. She chose Rome rather than another European city to emphasize the CSFNs' international nature.  Her feast day is Nov. 21. For more information on the international congregation, click here: www.nazarethfamily.org

 

Our History: In the US

Our History: The International Congregation

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