UK Religious Life

Meet some of the religious communities present in the UK:
APOSTOLIC COMMUNITIES - WOMEN
Adoratrices www.adoratrices.com
Sisters of St Andrew www.saint-andre.be/en
Little Sisters of the Assumption www.littlesisters.org
Oblates of the Assumption www.assumptionoblatesisters.org.uk
Religious of the Assumption www.assumptionreligious.org
Canonesses of St Augustine www.boarbankhall.org.uk
Sisters of Bon Secours de Paris www.bonsecours.org
Bridgettines www.bridgettine.org
Brigidines (Congregation of St Brigid) www.brigidine.org.au
Canossian Daughters of Charity www.canossian.org
Carmelite Missionaries www.carmelitasmisioneras.org
Carmelites Sisters of Corpus Christi www.corpuschristicarmelites.org
Cenacle Sisters (Our Lady of the Cenacle) www.cenaclesisters.co.uk
Daughters of Divine Charity www.sisters-fdc.org.uk
Daughters of St Paul www.paulineuk.org/daughters-of-st-paul
Religious Sisters of Charity www.rsccaritas.ie
Sisters of Charity of St Jeanne Antide www.suoredellacarita.org
Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron www.soeurs-charite-evron.com
Sisters of Charity of St Paul the Apostle www.sellypark.org
Daughters of Charity St Vincent de Paul www.daughtersofcharity.org.uk
Sisters of the Christian Retreat www.christian-retreat.org
Sisters of St Clare www.sistersofstclare.ie
Missionary Sisters of St Columban www.columbansisters.org
Comboni Missionary Sisters www.comboniane.org/en
Daughters of the Cross of Liège www.daughtersofthecross.org.uk
Sisters of the Holy Cross www.holycrossengland.org.uk
Sisters of the Cross and Passion http://crossandpassion.com/
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto) http://ibvm.org.uk/
Daughters of Divine Love www.ddlenglishregion.org
Dominican Sisters English Congregation www.stonedominicans.org
Dominican Sisters of Newcastle Natal www.dominicansisters.co.uk
Dominican Sisters of St Joseph www.dominicansistersofstjoseph.org
Faithful Companions of Jesus www.fcjsisters.org
Franciscans of St Mary of the Angels www.fsmamhow.com
Franciscan Missionaries Divine Motherhood fmdminternational.co.uk/
Franciscan Missionaries Sisters of St Joseph www.fmsj.co.uk
Francsican Missionary Sisters of Littlehampton www.franciscan.co.uk
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary www.fmmii.org
Franciscan Sisters Minoress www.franciscansm.org
Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal www.franciscansisterscfr.com
Society of the Holy Child Jesus www.shcj.org
Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus www.hhcjsisters.org
Holy Family of Bordeaux www.holyfamilybordeaux.org
Holy Family Sisters (St Emilie) www.holyfamilysisters.org.uk
Sisters of Nazareth www.sistersofnazareth.com
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth www.nazarethfamily.org
Daughters of the Holy Spirit www.fillesstesprit.org
Missionary Sisters, Servants of the Holy Spirit www.worldssps.org
Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre www.canonesses.co.uk
Helpers of the Holy Souls www.societyofhelpersgb.org
Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ www.ihmmcsisters.org
Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate www.mdipime.org
Congregation of Jesus www.congregationofjesus.org.uk
Infant Jesus Sisters www.infantjesussisters.org
Daughters of Jesus www.fillesdejesus.org
Little Sisters of Jesus www.jesuscaritas.info/jcd/lsj
Sisters of St John of God www.ssjg.org
Sisters of St Joseph www.csjoseph.org
Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy www.ssjavocations.org
Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition www.stjoseph-apparition.org
Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny www.sjc.ie
Sisters of St Joseph of Lyon www.stjosephlyon.org
Sisters of St Joseph of Peace www.csjp.org
Insitute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters) www.ibvm.org.uk
Sisters of St Louis www.stlouissisters.org
Marist Sisters www.marists.net
Daughters of the Heart of Mary www.dhmary.com
Daughters of Mary and Joseph www.daughtersofmaryandjoseph.org
Little Company of Mary www.lcmsisters.org
Order of the Company of Mary Our Lady www.lestonnac-odn.org/en
Medical Mission Sisters www.medicalmissionsisters-uk.org
Medical Missionaries of Mary www.mmmworldwide.org
Sisters of St Mary of Namur http://ssmnwestern.com/
Society of Sisters of Marie Reparatrice www.smr.org
Institute of Our Lady of Mercy www.ourladyofmercy.org.uk
Sisters of Mercy www.mercyworld.org
Sisters of Notre Dame (de Namur) www.snduk.org
School Sisters Notre Dame www.ssnd.org
Congregation of Our Lady of Fidelity www.ourladyoffidelity.org.uk
Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions www.rndm.org
Missionary Sisters Holy Rosary www.holyrosarymissionarysisters.org
Congregation of Our Lady of Sion www.notredamedesion.org
Pallotine Missionary Sisters www.pallottinesisters.org
Sisters of St Paul of Chartres www.stpaulrome.com
Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver www.claveriansisters.org.uk
Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ poorhandmaidsofjesuschrist.org.uk
Little Sisters of the Poor www.littlesistersofthepoor.co.uk
Poor Servants of the Mother of God http://www.poorservants.org/
Presentation Sisters (Union) http://www.pbvm.org
Sisters of Providence of Ruille-sur-Loir www.providenceruillesurloir.com
Sisters of La Retraite www.laretraite.ws
Society of the Sacred Heart www.societysacredheart.org.uk
Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus http://aciengland.org/
Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart www.sistershospitallers.org
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Beziers) www.rshm-nep.org
Sisters, Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary www.sacredheartsjm.org
Salesian Sisters – Mary, Help of Christians www.salesians.org.uk
Servite Sisters (Servants of Mary) www.servitesistersinternational.org
Society of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) www.rscjuk.org
Ursulines of Jesus www.ursulinesjesus.org
Ursulines, Union of Irish www.ursulines.ie
Ursulines (Roman Union of The Order of St Ursula) www.ursulines.co.uk
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa www.msolafrica.org
Daughters of Wisdom www.daughtersofwisdom.org.uk

ENCLOSED COMMUNITIES - WOMEN
Benedictines (Colwich) www.colwichabbey.org.uk
Benedictines (Minster) www.minsterabbeynuns.org
Benedictines (Ryde) www.stceciliasabbey.org.uk
Benedictines (Stanbrook) www.stanbrookabbey.org.uk
Benedictines Olivetan Congregation www.turveyabbey.org.uk
Benedictines (Tyburn, London) www.tyburnconvent.org.uk
Benedictines (Holy Trinity Monastery) www.benedictinenuns.org.uk
Carmelites (Birkenhead) www.carmelitesbirkenhead.org.uk
Carmelites (Dolgellau, Gwynedd) www.carmel-dolgellau.uk
Carmelites (Liverpool) www.marytoncarmelitesliverpool.org.uk
Carmelites (Notting Hill, London) www.carmelitesnottinghill.org.uk
Carmelites (Preston) www.carmelitenunspreston.co.uk
Carmelites (Quidenham, Norwich) www.quidenhamcarmel.org.uk
Carmelites (Ware, Herefordshire) www.warecarmel.com
Carmelites (Wolverhampton) www.carmeliteswolverhampton.org.uk
Carmelites (York) www.thicketpriorycarmel.org
Cistercian Nuns www.hcawhitland.co.uk
Cistercians Bernardines (Hyning, Brownshill) www.bernardine.org
Poor Clares (Arkley) www.arkleypoorclares.weebly.com
Poor Clares (Arundel) www.poorclaresarundel.org
Poor Clares (Much Birch) www.poorclares-hereford.org.uk
Poor Clares (Lynton) www.poorclares.co.uk
Poor Clare Colettine www.marianhouseoftheholyspiritpcc.org
Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate www.mostholytrinity.co.uk
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary www.visitationmonastery.co.uk
Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary www.ancilla-domini.org

BROTHERS
Alexian Brothers www.alexianbrothers.ie
Christian Brothers www.edmundrice.net
Brothers of Christian Instruction/De La Mennais Brothers https://www.lamennais.org/?lang=en
De La Salle Brothers www.delasalle.org.uk
Hospitaller order of St John of God www.saintjohnofgod.org
Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd www.lbgs.org
Missionaries of Charity Brothers www.mcbrothers.org
Presentation Brothers www.presentationbrothers.org
Brothers of the Sacred Heart www.brothersofthesacredheart.org
Xaverian Brothers www.xaverianbrothers.org

MONASTIC COMMUNITIES - MEN
Benedictines (Ampleforth) www.ampleforth.org.uk
Benedictines (Belmont) www.belmontabbey.org.uk
Benedictines (Buckfast) www.buckfast.org.uk
Benedictines (Douai) www.douaiabbey.org.uk
Benedictines (Downside) www.downsideabbey.co.uk
Benedictines (Ealing) www.ealingabbey.org.uk
Benedictines (Farnborough) www.farnboroughabbey.org
Benedictines (Prinknash) www.prinknashabbey.org
Benedictines (Quarr) www.quarrabbey.org
Benedictines (Ramsgate/Chilworth) www.chilworthbenedictines.com
Benedictines (Worth) www.worthabbey.net
Carthusians – St Hugh’s Charterhouse www.parkminster.org.uk
Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) – Mount St Bernards Abbey www.mountsaintbernard.org
Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) – Caldey Abbey www.caldey-island.co.uk/caldey%20abbey.htm
Canons Regular of Premontre (Norbertines) www.praemonstratensis.co.uk http://norbertinevocations.wordpress.com
Jericho Benedictines www.jerichosociety.org.uk