Assumption in the United States

The Assumption sisters first came to the United States in 1919. That year we opened a boarding school for girls in Philadelphia: Ravenhill Academy.

We continue our mission of effecting change in society through prayer and education in the four communities of the United States Province.

Philadelphia, PA

In the Philadelphia area our communities are present in the urban neighborhood of West Philadelphia and in a suburban parish in Lansdale.

In West Philadelphia we minister at St. Frances de Sales parish and school. We work in the Office of Justice and Peace at St. Joseph’s University. We also serve the large immigrant population through our work with the Archdiocesan Filipino Ministry and the Hispanic Bible Institute.

Religious of the Assumption
1001 47th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143
(215) 386-5016
rabowman227@juno.com

In Lansdale we are pastoral ministers at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, involved in RCIA and faith development programs, bereavement ministry and peace and justice concerns. We work in adult education programs at Chestnut Hill College and attend to the needs of the sick through chaplaincy work. Our Lansdale community offers a welcoming space to all who seek prayer and reflection and hosts small retreat groups.

Religious of the Assumption
506 Crestview Road
Lansdale, PA 19446
(215) 368-4427
ra.lansdale@verizon.net

Worcester, MA

Worcester is the site of our Provincial House.

We collaborate in the work of education with our Assumptionist brothers at Assumption College in Worcester, MA through teaching, providing service opportunities in the spring and summer, library work and campus ministry. We also minister to the many needs of the immigrant community through our work at the inner-city parish of St. Peter’s, running English as a Second Language classes and an after-school mentoring program. Many volunteers from Assumption College and Clark University join us in this important work. We are also involved in religious education at the Vietnamese parish of the diocese.

The headquarters of our lay volunteer program, the Associate Missionaries of the Assumption (AMA), is also located in Worcester. We work closely with our lay collaborators and Assumptionist brothers in this project.

Religious of the Assumption
11 Old English Road
Worcester, MA 01609
(508) 793-1954
raworcester@juno.com

Chaparral, NM

In the Southwest border area of the United States, we live and work among the immigrant population of the colonia of Chaparral in the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico. We run educational and recreational programs for area children and youth, advocate for immigrant rights, teach English as a Second Language, support families through parenting and grandparenting programs, and provide mental health counseling. We teach in the religious education program of St. Thomas More parish and work in prison ministry. We participate in the building up of basic ecclesial communities through faith sharing and study of Scripture.

Each year the Chaparral community welcomes AMAs who live and work at Casa Maria Eugenia, the site of many of our programs and activities.

Assumption Sisters
300-2 McComb Road
PMB #43
Chaparral, NM 88081

(505) 824-2850
rachaparral@juno.com

Locations Around the World

FACTS:
1300+ religious sisters
177 communities
35 countries in Europe, Asia, Americas and Africa

Our International headquarters – the "Generalate" – is located in the Mother House in Paris, France. Our Superior General and her Council live there. The Congregation is divided into Provinces. Each province is a geographical and administrative entity that covers one or several countries. The provinces are headed by a Provincial and her council. The communities are the local groups of Assumption sisters inside a given province.

GENERALATE:
Religieuses de l’Assomption
17 rue de l'Assomption
75016 PARIS (France) www.assumpta.fr

AFRICA:
Province of Central Africa: Cameroon and Congo
Province of East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania
Province of West Africa: Burkina-Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Benin and Togo
Province of Rwanda: Rwanda and Chad

AMERICA:
Province of the United States www.assumptionsisters.org
Province of Mexico www.asunciondemexico.com
Province of Central America and Cuba: Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Cuba
Province of Brazil www.assuncao.com.br/s1
Province of Argentina

Province of Ecuador/ Chile www.asuncionecuador.edu.ec

ASIA:
Province of India
Province of Japan www.assumptionsisters.jp
Province of Philippines/Thailand www.assumption.edu.ph

EUROPE:
Province of England www.assumptionreligious.org
Province of France www.assomption-ra.org
Province of Italy www.assunzioneitalia.it
Province of Northern Europe : Belgium, Denmark and Sweden, Lithuania www.assomption-ra.be

Province of Spain www.religiosasdelasuncion.org

Assumption Scandinavia www.assumptionssystrarna.dk

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How You Can Become A:

Philadelphia convent

Lansdale Sisters at prayer

Assumption College chapel

Mentoring teens and children at St. Peter's Church

Casa Maria Eugenia, Chaparral