The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (CSFN) are an international congregation of vowed religious women dedicated to spreading the Kingdom of God’s love, particularly within families.
Today, this vision is being lived by some 1,500 sisters serving in 10 countries; they are joined by several hundred lay associates.
Holy Family Province, the new U.S. province of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, has some 400 sisters, serving in Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Texas and Puerto Rico. The Provincialate is located in Des Plaines, IL, a Chicago suburb. |
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Blessed Frances Siedliska |
Sisters gather at the Provincialate for the
installation
of the new Provincial Council.
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The Congregation has a rich, 132-year tradition of serving God through service to families. Founded in Rome in 1875 by Blessed Frances Siedliska, the Congregation arrived in the States in 1885, where 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 and the Philippines, and soon in Kazakhstan.
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