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Ministries
As Daughters of Charity, Servants of the Poor, our actions arise from our identity as women born of the Greatest Love and as women called to journey in simplicity with our crucified sisters and brothers on every continent. Through ministries of education and human promotion, evangelization and faith formation, and pastoral care among the suffering, we strive to touch each person with the love of the Lord. In our ministerial efforts, we seek to collaborate with and empower lay persons. Our ministries find us in a wide variety of ecclesial and other settings as we continually discern together the most pressing emergent needs and a creative response to the Gospel’s challenge.

Canossian Spirituality Center
The Center provides spiritual support and companionship to women and men who seek to experience the peace of Christ. The Center is available to church groups, Catholic schools, religious communities and organizations for day or overnight retreats and workshops. We also welcome individuals who wish to spend a day or more in prayer and silence. In addition, we offer a variety of retreats and workshops for young adults, women, married couples, seniors, parish and parochial school staff, catechists, clergy and religious communities. Click here to visit the site.

Casa Angelica: Home for Children with Pervasive Needs
Challenged by the vision of St. Magdalene of Canossa to serve those “most in need” and believing in the value and uniqueness of each person, Casa Angelica is committed to empower, educate and form young people with pervasive needs, accompanying their growth process, calling forth their gifts and establishing them to develop fully their potential. This mission is carried out in a family atmosphere that is both collaborative and supportive of the residents and their families. Learn more.

Religious Education and Formation
We foster the encounter with Jesus our Savior, breaking the bread of the Word, so that He may be accepted as the greatest good. We are involved in catechesis at all levels, RCIA, sacramental processes, whole community catechesis, youth and vocation ministry.

Outreach
Our ministries respond to a variety of needs and our Canossian Sisters work through parishes, schools, community social agencies, hospitals, nursing centers, and prisons.

Mexico Mission

Escuela Morelos
In 1991, our community branched out to serve in Mexico, Chihuahua especially. The sisters were asked to direct and develop the Istituto; subsequently they also involved themselves in various parishes of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua, responding to pressing evangelization needs through formation of leaders and catechetical work. The year 1999 saw the foundation of another community in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, for the specific purpose of providing educational opportunities for our Mexican Sisters, as well as responding to the urgent needs of the local church in that Archdiocese.

EdyFICA
In 2002, the North American Province mandated a study to identifying urgent needs within the Archdiocese of Chihuahua. The research led to the development of a new project EdyFICa (Educación y Formación Integral Canossiana) Canossian Integral Education and Formation.