Religious Institutes of Women
Union of Religious Superiors of Women in the Holy Land
Established in 1993, Statuts finally approved on 22nd October 2003. Directed by a General President, the Union is divided into four regions, each one is headed by a Regional President.
Office: Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center
P.O.B. 20531
9120402 Jerusalem
Officers
Honorary President: Most Rev. Adolfo Tito Yllana
Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine and Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Cyprus
General President: Sr. Bruna Fasan,
Teaching Sisters of Saint Dorothy
Mobile/WatsApp: 054 217 66 93
Email: [email protected]
General Secretary: Sr. Soad Khalil
Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix (Salesian Sisters)
Mobile/WhatsApp: 054 727 5293
Email: [email protected]
Treasurer: Sr. María Pía Carbajal
Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará
Mobile/WhatsApp: 054 698 28 93
Email: [email protected]
Ecclesiastical Adviser: Rev. Marco Riva, S.C.
Servants of Charity (Opera Don Guanella)
Mobile/WhatsApp: 052 968 80 77
Email: [email protected] [email protected]
REGIONS
Region of Jerusalem and Palestine
Sr. Gretta Azzi, S.R.J.
Rosary Sisters
Mobile: 059 578 15 57
Email: [email protected]
Region of Galilee Sr. Carmel Almeida
Sisters of Maria Bambina
Mobile/WhatsApp: 054 774 82 40
Email: [email protected]
Region of Jordan Sr. Sara Ghneim
Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition
Mobile: + 962 79 030 64 65
Email: [email protected]
Region of Cyprus Sr. Antonia Piripitsi
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Mobile/WhatsApp: +357 99 19 79 05
Email: [email protected]
Antonine Sisters Order (1979)
Apostles of Jesus Crucified (1991)
Basilan Sisters «Chouerites» (1956)
Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Calvary (1896)
Benedictine Sisters of the Eucharistic King (1995)
Carmelite Sisters of Our Lady of Carmel (Congregation) (2005)
Carmelite Sisters of «Sainte Thérèse de Florence» (1907)
Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph (1907)
Community Loyola (1996)
Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (1886)
Sisters of Merciful Jesus (2001)
Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix (1891)
Daughters of Our Lady of Mount Calvary (1959)
Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows (1956)
Daughters of Saint Mary of Hortus Conclusus (1901)
Discalced Carmelite Sisters (1873)
Dominican Sisters of Charity of Tours, of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin (in Jordan from 2007)
Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Sienna (1953)
Antonine Sisters Order (1979)
Jerusalem: Maison Notre Dame du Liban - Reception House for the Antonine Sisters
Address: Ramallah Road – Beit Hanina
P.O.B. 66658 Jerusalem
Nicosia: Saint Rebecca Monastery
Catechetical and parish ministry, Guest house, Teaching Arabic and French languages
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Leila Iskandar
Address: Saint Rafka Convent
14 Keryneias - 2008 Acropolis
Nicosia, Cyprus
Tel: 22 31 68 68
Email: [email protected]
Apostles of Jesus Crucified (1991)
Bethlehem: Community Visits of the families and sick
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Maria Agnese Madej
Local address: Manger Square, Bethlehem
Mailing address: P.O.B. 10177
9110101 Jerusalem
Tel & fax: (02) 274 51 35
Mobile: +972 52 749 09 15
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.apostolegc.net
Basilan Sisters «Chouerites» (1956)
Amman: Our Lady of Nazareth School, Greek Melkite
Number of religious: 2
Superior: Sr. Antoinette Matar
Address: Jabal Al Hussein
Led Street
P.O.B. 994
Amman, Jordan
Tel: (06) 464 00 58; Fax: (06) 464 00 59
Mobile: 079 961 40 07 ; 079 500 59 10
Email: [email protected]
Aqaba: Greek Melkite Catholic School, service of the Parish
Number of religious: 2
Superior: Sr. Etienne Bou Rjeily
Address: Dar al-Lutuf school
P.O.B. 36
77110 Aqaba, Jordan
Tel: (03) 201 21 07; Fax: (03) 203 19 52
Mobile: 079 769 00 98
Irbed: Greek Melkite Catholic School, service of the parish
Number of religious: 2
Superior: Sr. Michele Kassouf
Address: Greek Catholic School
P.O.B. 918
21110 Irbed, Jordan
Tel: (02) 727 28 81; Fax: (02) 724 90 08 Mobile: 079 980 97 95
Email: [email protected]
[email protected] (Superior)
Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Calvary (1896)
Jerusalem: Contemplative monastery
Number of religious: 5
Prioress: Mother Marie Mühlethaler
Address: Monastery of the Benedictine Sisters
Mount of Olives
P.O.B. 19338
9119202 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 626 49 54
Fax: (02) 628 37 68
Mobile: 058 368 14 08
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.benedictinesmontdesoliviers.org
Benedictine Sisters of the Eucharistic King (1995)
Tabgha: Benedictine Monastery of the Eucharistic King
Number of religious: 6
Superior: Sr. Mary Lea Relatado, O.S.B.
Address: P.O.B. 52
1410001 Tiberias
Tel: (04) 667 81 40/42 ; Fax: (04) 667 81 41
Email: [email protected]
Carmelite Sisters of Our Lady of Carmel (Congregation) (2005)
Ramleh: Service of the parish
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Barbara Maria Leja
Address: Franciscan Latin Convent
1 Bialik Street
P.O.B. 19
7210001 Ramleh
Tel: (08) 912 72 08
Mobile: 054 236 39 13
Email: [email protected]
Carmelite Sisters of «Sainte Thérèse de Florence» (1907)
Haifa: Stella Maris Community
Service of the Pilgrim Center
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Albertina Khazen
Address: P.O.B. 9000
3109002 Haifa
Tel: (04) 833 20 84 ; Fax: (04) 833 15 93
Email: [email protected]
Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph (1907)
Isfia – Mount Carmel: Hospitality, catechesis, youth pastoral activities, pilgrimages
Number of religious: 5
Superior: Sr. Marie-Hélène Gérault
Address: Carmel Saint Joseph
P.O.B. 8
3009000 Isfia
Tel: (04) 839 15 08
Email: [email protected]
Community Loyola (1996)
Jerusalem: Community
House for the ongoing formation for the Community Loyola
Number of religious: 3
Sister in charge: Sr. Magdalena Sęk
Address: 3 Rehov Shlomo Hamelekh
P.O.B. 1445
9101302 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 624 29 55
Mobile: 054 926 90 40
Email: [email protected]
Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (1886)
Bethany: St. Vincent Home: hospitality for pilgrims, family visitations, home for children Dependancy of the Jerusalem hospice
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Simone Abi Dib
Address: Al-Shayah Street
P.O.B. 19080 / 9119002 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 628 47 26; Fax: (02) 627 75 30
Email: [email protected]
Bethlehem: Holy Family Hospital
Crèche, Maternity hospital, Dental clinic, Social center, Guesthouse
Number of religious: 4
Superior: Sr. Denise Abou-Haidar
Local address: Holy Family Hospital
318 Paul VI Street
P.O.B. 8 - Bethlehem
Mailing address: French Hospital - Daughters of Charity
P.O.B. 11451
9111401 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 274 11 51/2/3; Fax: (02) 274 11 54
Mobile: 052 240 41 86
Email: [email protected]
Crèche: Holy Family Children’s Home
Tel: (02) 274 41 42/43; Fax: (02) 274 52 77
Email: [email protected]
Social Center: Tel & Fax: (02) 276 76 73
Email: [email protected]
Guesthouse: Tel: (02) 276 09 67/8/9; Fax: (02) 276 09 70
Email: [email protected]
Dental Clinic Tel: (02) 274 90 93, Fax: (02) 274 52 77
Ein Karem: Home for children & young adults with special needs
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Pascale Jarjour
Address: Home for Children with Special Needs
Ma’aleh HaAkhsanya, Ein Karem
Mailing address: St Vincent Ein Karem
P.O.B. 9209
9109101 Jerusalem
Tel/Fax: + 972 2 643 81 60
Mobile: 050 544 75 70
Email: [email protected]
Haifa: Sacred Heart Home for handicapped children, day-nursery, special school for handicapped.
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Marcelle Ayoub
Address: 13 Allenby Street
P.O.B. 2106
3102001 Haifa
Tel: (04) 867 38 90
Fax: (04) 866 48 05
Mobile: 052 807 07 45
Email: [email protected]
Jerusalem: Hospice Saint Vincent
Home for the handicapped adults, kindergarten, students’ residence
Number of religious: 4
Superior: Sr. Simone (Lamia) Abi Dib
Address: 3 Rehov Shlomo Hamelekh
P.O.B. 1404
9101302 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 625 45 96
Fax: (02) 625 94 77
Email: [email protected]
Nazareth: Saint Vincent Hospital (Hôpital Français)
Hospital, dispensary, Hospice for Elderly, Center for the Development of children
Number of religious: 4
Superior: Sr. Katharina Fuchs
Address: P.O.B. 50294
1616102 Nazareth
Tel: (04) 650 90 00
Fax: (04) 657 47 47
Mobile: 052 659 06 05
Email: [email protected]
Sisters of Merciful Jesus (2001)
Jerusalem: Service of St Etienne Monastery, Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Natanaela Borowska
Address: Saint-Etienne Monastery
Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française
83-85 Nablus Road/Derekh Shekhem
P.O.B. 19053
9119001 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) (02) 535 90 52
Fax: (02) 628 25 67 (EBAF)
Mobile: 054 314 86 02
Email: [email protected]
Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix (1891)
Provincial: Sr. Charlotte Greer, F.M.A.
(see Amman)
Email: [email protected]
Amman - Provincial House, pastoral assistance and catechesis
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Milena Zadravec, F.M.A.
Address: Via Ibrahim Toukan, 48
Jabal Luweibdeh
P.O.B. 910411
11191 Amman, Jordan
Tel: +962 6 464 77 24; Fax: 6 463 52 21
Email: [email protected]
Amman - «Our Lady of Peace» Youth center, pastoral assistance
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Chacko Lilleykutty, F.M.A.
Addres: Salesian Sisters
Our Lady of Peace
Omm Al Kondom
P.O.B. 851379
11185 Amman, Jordan
Mobile: +962 79 513 12 23
Email: [email protected]
Cremisan: Youth center, retreats, kindergarten and elementary school
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Vartouhi Melkon, F.M.A.
Address: Monastery of the Salesian Sisters
P.O.B. 804 - Cremisan
Bethlehem
Tel: (02) 274 25 42 ; Fax: (02) 274 48 24
Mobile: 052 808 93 94 ; 052 678 32 79
Email: [email protected]
Jerusalem: Don Bosco
Pilgrims House
Number of religious: 6
Superior: Sr. Roberta Tomasi, F.M.A.
Address: Monastery of the Salesian Sisters
18 Rehov Ayin Het – Musrara
Mailing address: P.O.B. 159
9100101 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 628 75 67
Fax: (02) 628 70 80
Mobile: 055 969 51 79
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.salesiansistersjerusalem.com
Nazareth: Secondary school, youth center
Number of religious: 11
Superior: Sr. Soad Khalil, F.M.A.
Address: Monastery of the Salesian Sisters
Street 5005/4
P.O.B. 73 / 1610001 Nazareth
Tel: (04) 645 32 97 (community)
(04) 655 62 03 (school)
Fax: (04) 645 20 51
Email: [email protected]
Daughters of Our Lady of Mount Calvary (1959)
Jerusalem: Service of the Apostolic Delegation
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Maria Camilla (Odila Poggiana)
Address: Mount of Olives
P.O.B. 19199
9119102 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 628 22 98 ; Fax: (02) 628 18 80
Email: [email protected]
Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows (1956)
Jerusalem-Bethany: Home Notre Dame des Douleurs
Hospice for the Elderly
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Camille Herraiz
Address: Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows
Ras Kubsa 12
P.O.B. 19257
9119201 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 628 29 89
Mobile: 052 700 26 23 ; 053 778 22 57
Email: [email protected] (Superior)
Website: www.fnddcom.wixsite.com/fnddjerusalem
Daughters of Saint Anne (1924)
Regional Superior: Sr. A. Hana Elias
Daughters of St. Anne
Haifa, Me’ir Rutberg Street,11
P.O.B. 9127
3505611 Haifa, Israel
Mobile: 054 723 62 15
Email: [email protected]
Fuhais: Service of the Latin and Melkite Parishes, teaching religion, assistance of Iraqi Christians in Jordan, center of prayer and spirituality.
Number of religious: 2
Superior: Sr. A. Clementina Santarsiero
Address: Daughters of Saint Anne
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Roman Catholic Church
19152 Fuhais, Jordan
Mobile: +962 79 608 76 92
+962 79 754 12 03
+962 79 528 46 91
Email: [email protected]
Bethlehem: Provincial house, guesthouse, center for individual and group retreats, residence for university students
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. A. Severina Loria
Street address: 127 / 129 Jamal Abd el-Nasser Street
Mailing address: Daughters of St. Anne
P.O.B. 10388
9110301 Jerusalem, Israel
Tel & fax: (02) 274 55 43
Mobile: 056 842 21 73
WhatsApp: +39 32 78 91 41 62
Email: [email protected]
Haifa: Kindergarten and nursery
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. A. Hana Elias
Address: Daughters of Saint Anne
Me’ir Rutberg Street,11
P.O.B. 9127
3505611 Haifa
Tel: (04) 852 29 08 (convent)
(04) 853 30 28 (kindergarten)
Fax: (04) 676 37 08
Email: [email protected]
Nazareth: Home for the aged
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. A. Isabella Di Conza
Address: Monastery of Daughters of Saint Anne
6 Via Monte del Tremore - Nazareth
Tel: (04) 645 97 00
Fax: (04) 601 34 15
Mobile: 054 908 48 46
Email: [email protected]
Daughters of Saint Mary of Hortus Conclusus (1901)
Bethlehem: Home for the aged members of Saint Anthony Guild
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Lizy Maria Manjally
Address: P.O.B. 23 - Bethlehem
Tel: (02) 274 25 73 ; Fax: (02) 277 70 10
Mobile: 059 874 09 47
Email: [email protected]
Ortas: Shrine, kindergaten and dispensary
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Maria Rosa Di Toro
Address: Shrine of Hortus Conclusus, Ortas
P.O.B. 6 - Bethlehem
Tel & fax: (02) 272 34 27
Mobile: 059 932 87 13
Email: [email protected]
Discalced Carmelite Sisters (1873)
Bethlehem: Monastery Enfant Jésus (Carmel de l’Enfant Jésus, 1875) Contemplative community
Number of religious: 14
Prioress: Sr. Anne-Françoise de la Présentation (DEBELMAS)
Local address: 119 Jamal Abdel Nasser Street, Bethlehem
Mailing address: P.O.B. 32015
9131902 Jerusalem
Community: Tel: (02) 274 24 86
0592501186 or 0523011553
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.menacarmel.org / (website of our Federation)
Pilgrims: Tel: (02) 275 47 53
Mobile: 059 726 31 76
Email: [email protected] ou [email protected]
Website : www.thelittlearab.org
Haifa: Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (1892)
Contemplative community
Number of religious: 19
Prioress: Sr. Joséphine de l’Annonciation
Address: Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
2 Rehov Tchernikowski
P.O.B. 9090
3109003 Haifa
Tel: (04) 833 73 84; Fax: (04) 833 31 38
WhatsApp: 052 596 92 23
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.carmelholyland.org
Jerusalem: Monastery of Pater Noster (1873)
Contemplative community
Number of religious: 13
Prioress: Sr. Agathe Marie de l’Eucharistie
(Agathe Chevallier)
Address: Monastery of the Carmel of the Pater Noster
6 A-Shayah Street (Olive Mount)
P.O.B. 19064
9119001 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 628 31 43
Mobile: 052 695 46 05
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.carmeldejerusalem.com
Nazareth: Monastery of the Holy Family (1910)
Contemplative community
Number of religious: 14
Prioress: Sr. Josiane du Cœur de Jésus
Address: Carmel de la Sainte Famille
125/4 Mariam Bawardy Street
P.O.B. 22
1610001 Nazareth
Tel: (04) 657 35 53; Fax: (04) 646 42 13
Email: [email protected]
Dominican Sisters of Charity of Tours, of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin (in Jordan from 2007)
Amman : Work at the Italian hospital, Work with Caritas Jordan to serve the sick and suffering refugees mainly from Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Jordan who are poor.
Number of religious: 2
Superior: Sr. Rajni Indwar
Address: Italian Hospital
Italian Street
P.O.B. 1203
11118 Amman, Jordan
Tel: +962 64 777
Jerusalem: Maison d’Abraham
Hospitality & service of pilgrims
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Luz Mery Chaverra Rodríguez
Address: Maison d’Abraham
39 Panorama Str. - Ras el-Amud
P.O.B. 19680
9119602 Jerusalem
Tel: (02) 628 45 91
Fax: (02) 627 49 17
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.domipresen.com
Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Sienna (1953)
Bethlehem: Kindergarten, catechesis of the children of the parish
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Marleine Marzouka
Address: Saint Joseph Street
P.O.B. 310
Bethlehem
Tel: (02) 277 37 20
Amman: Service of the Apostolic Nunciature
Number of religious: 2
Superior: Sr. Rahma
Address: Apostolic Nunciature
14 Anton El-Naber Street
P.O.B. 142916
11814 Amman, Jordan
Tel: (06) 592 99 34
Fax: (06) 592 99 31
Mobile: 079 886 05 72
Email: [email protected]
Zarqa: Clinic
Number of religious: 3
Superior: Sr. Maryan (Nahla Khume)
Address: Arrouda Street # 32
P.O.B. 7516
13116 Zarqa South, Jordan
Tel: (05) 396 73 37
Mobile: 079 910 85 87
Email: [email protected]
