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This Below is a list of the Religious Communities from Vietnam and the various countries in Africa who are sending Sisters to Assumption College for Sisters.  Information about their founding, and ministry in their countries is also provided for your information.

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1.    

Religious Community – Daughters of Mary
Initials – DM
Founder/Foundress – Archbishop Joseph
                                  Edward Michaud
Year of Founding – 1933
Place of Founding – Tabora, Tanzania
Place of Ministry – Tanzania
Types of Ministry – Health care, Teaching,
                               Pastoral work

 

 

2. Religious Community – African Benedictine Sisters of St. Agnes
Initials – OSB 
Founder/Foundress – Bishop Gallus Steiger, OSB, a
               missionary from Saint Ottilien, Germany
Year of Founding – As a Congregation of St. Agnes
               founded in 1938, and as a community of 
               St. Gertrude Convent Imiliwaha in 
               Tanzania, founded in 1968.
Place of Founding – Tanzania
Place of Ministry – Tanzania and Italy
Types of Ministry – Education, Health care, Pastoral
              ministry, Social work, especially among
              women and children, and care of orphans

 

3.

Religious Community – The Daughters of 
                                  Our Lady if Visitation 
Initials – DOLV
Founder/Foundress – Father Joseph Than
                                   Van Trang
Year of Founding – 1924
Place of Founding – Kim Doi,
Vietnam
Place of Ministry –
Vietnam
Types of Ministry – Social work, taking care
              of the poor children, educating
              young women, teaching children,
              services in local parishes,
              counseling and helping the women
              who have abortions 

 

4.

Religious Community – Sisters of the Holy Rosary
Initials – SHR
Founder/Foundress –
Msgr. Marcel St. Denis,WF
Year of Founding – 1951
Place of Founding –
Mzuzu Diocese,
Malawi
Place of Ministry –
Mzuzu Diocese
, Malawi
Types of Ministry – Health Care, Teaching,
              Catechesis, Social Work, caring for orphans
              and handicapped children   

 

 

5.

Religious Community – Lovers of the Holy Cross of Nha Trang
Initials –  LHC
Founder/Foundress – Bishop Lambert 
                                  de la Motte
Year of Founding – 1670
Place of Founding – Nha Trang,
Khanh Hoa
,
                                Vietnam

Place of Ministry –
Vietnam, Norway
                              United States

Types of Ministry – Social Work, Health    
              care, Education of women and
              children

6.

Religious Community – Franciscan Sisters of St.
                                      Bernadette of
Lourdes
Initials – FSSB
Founder/Foundress – Bishop Alfred Lanchont, 
                                  White Father from
Canada
Year of Founding – 1958
Place of Founding – Rulenge,
Kagera
, Tanzania
Place of Ministry –
Tanzania
Types of Ministry – Education, Pastoral ministry,
              promoting Catholic Organizations, working
              with refugees,
women and children, Health
              care, care of orphans and the disabled

7.

Religious Community – Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood
Initials – CPS
Founder/Foundress – Abbot Francis Pfanner and Sr. Paula Emunds
Year of Founding – 1885
Place of Founding –
Mariannhill
South Africa
Place of Ministry –
Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan,
              South Africa, Zimbabwe, Congo,
              Mozambique, Zambia
Germany,
              Denmark, Austria, Netherlands, 
              South Korea, Papua New Guinea,
              Portugal
, Rumania, Canada, 
              United States

Types of Ministry – Education, Social work,
              Health care, Retreat,
Ministry to the
              specially challenged, Care of the
              elderly, Pastoral and Parish work,
             
Catechesis, AIDS ministry, Feeding
              the poor programs

 

8.

Religious Community – Congregation of the Holy Rosary
Initials – FSM
Founder/Foundress – Bishop Dominic Maria 
                                   Ho Ngoc Can
Year of Founding – 1946
Place of Founding –
Bui Chu
, Vietnam
Place of Ministry –
Vietnam, Italy, France, 
                              United States, 

Types of Ministry – 

 

 

 

 

9

Religious Community – Missionary Sisters of
                the Immaculate Conception of the
                Mother of God
Initials – SMIC
Founder/Foundress – Bishop Amandus
               Behlmann, OFM and 
               Mother Immaculata Tombrock
Year of Founding – 1910
Place of Founding –
Santarem, Para
, Brazil
Place of Ministry –
Brazil, United States,
               Germany, Namibia, Taiwan

Types of Ministry – Pastoral works of mercy,
               Hospital work, Education

 

 

10

Religious Community – Daughters of St. Francis 
                                     of Asissi
Initials – FSF
Founder/Foundress – Bishop Aolbero Michael 
                                  Flesher, CMM
Year of Founding – 1922
Place of Founding – Port
Shepstone
, South Africa
Place of Ministry –
South Africa
Types of Ministry – Education, Nursing, Social work,
              Pastoral work, Prison ministry, Orphanages,
           
   Ministers, running Retreat centers, Child
              care workers, Hospital
Administration

 


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