The Congregation Of the Sisters Of Our Lady Of Mercy is the order of Saint Faustina Kowalska who was also known as the saint of the Divine Mercy devotion. The order was founded in Warsaw, Poland in 1862. The sisters started a congregation in Dorchester (an historic neighborhood of Boston) in 1988 when 3 sisters arrived in the U S at the request of Cardinal Bernard Law.
The congregation now has 8 sisters plus some young women in formation. As you can see in the photo above, these sisters are devoted to the 'Divine Mercy' which is a devotion started by Saint Faustina in Poland in the 1930's, and has since spread throughout the world.
I remember seeing one of these nuns being interviewed on television (I think it was on EWTN), and I was very impressed with her. As you can see, they wear the full habits of their order, and they are considered an active-contemplative congregation.
The photo above is of their congregation house at 241 Neponset Ave, which is set between Pope John Paul II Academy-to the right of it, and Saint Ann's Catholic Church- just off to the left (both out of view).
The Sisters of Our Lady Of Mercy:
*Wear Full Habit
*Pray the Liturgy Of the Hours together as a community
*Pray the Chaplet to the Divine Mercy
*Reach out to male and female prisoners, pray with the dying in nursing homes, and spread the devotion to the Divine Mercy, etc...
Candidates should be 18-35 years old.
In good physical and mental health.
There is much more information available on their website: http://www.sisterfaustina.org
For more information please contact the sisters directly either by mail, e-mail, or phone- all of which are provided below. You can pay them a visit or come to the Divine Mercy devotion in their convent chapel- contact them for the days and hours.
Local Superior & Vocation Director: Sister Donata Farbaniec
Write to: Vocation Directress
Sisters Of Our Lady Of Mercy
241 Neponset Ave.
Dorchester, MA. 02122 Telephone: 617-288-1202
E-mail address: vocation@sisterfaustina.org
