“If you are looking for vocations, as a community have adoration often every day if possible. Once the Missionaries of Charity started daily adoration, their vocations doubled. I know I would not be able to work one week if it were not for that continual force coming from Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament (during my Holy Hour of Adoration). To be alone with Jesus in adoration and intimate union with Him is the Greatest Gift of Love – the tender love of Our Father in Heaven.” – St. Teresa of Calcutta
Above photo: Poor Clare Collettines of Roswell, NM
Most growing congregations have at least one hour of daily Eucharistic Adoration.
At the very end of this page, is a list of some vocation discernment aids.
The Apostolic Constitution, Vultum Dei Quaerere of June 29, 2016 mandates: “Conclusions and Regulations … Art.6 §1. Each monastery, in elaborating its plan of community and fraternal life, in addition to carefully preparing its eucharistic celebrations, is to set aside appropriate times for eucharistic adoration, also inviting the faithful of the local Church to take part.”
We are happy to assist any religious community in having Adoration or fulfilling this mandate.
We encourage religious to make a daily hour of adoration and to have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament as much as possible.
Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen proposed a daily continuous Holy Hour in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament for all religious. We need “psychological continuity of prayer” to ward off the octopus of distractions from the world.
Congregations that are faithful to the authentic teachings of the Church, with a full habit and community life, and Eucharistic adoration are growing! “The rise of radical nuns” – https://nationalpost.com/feature/rise-of-the-radical-nuns
The Fourth Sunday of Easter in the Latin rite, widely known as “Good Shepherd Sunday”, is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The purpose of this day is to publicly fulfill the Lord’s instruction to, “Pray to the Lord of the harvest to send labourers into his harvest” (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). Please pray that young men and women hear and respond generously to the Lord’s call to the priesthood, diaconate, religious life, societies of apostolic life or secular institutes. Eucharistic adoration increases and blesses vocations!
This Vocations Ministry website lists French-speaking religious congregations in Canada – https://www.carrefourintervocationnel.ca/fr/communautes-religieuses
For A General List of Men and Women’s Religious Orders And Specific Orders That Have Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration (most of these orders are in the USA.
- Institute on Religious Life – An Apostolate started by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. – “Since 1974, the IRL has been a collaborative effort of Catholic bishops, priests, religious and laity to foster and strengthen vocations to the consecrated life. All members of the Church can participate in the IRL’s mission. As Pope John Paul the Great wrote, every Christian is responsible for the consecrated life, and for supporting vocations.”
Below is mostly a list of some of the growing congregations, some of which are located in Canada. Some are in alphabetical order and there is an additional list at the end of this page. If your religious community has daily or frequent Eucharistic adoration and is faithful to the authentic teachings of Christ and His Church, you are welcome to let us know. If you have times that are open to the public, they can be added to the Real Presence Directory of adoration sites across Canada and in the USA.
- Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Benedictines: http://www.ihmwestfield.com/
- http://www.ihmwestfield.com/gregorian_chant.html
- http://www.westminsterabbey.ca/
- The Benedictines of Mary Queen of the Apostles:
- https://benedictinesofmary.org/content/monastic-schedule
Cloistered Life – Benedictines: https://cloisteredlife.com/benedictines/
“The Benedictine Order is the oldest religious order in the Western Church, having been founded in the early 6th Century by St. Benedict. St. Benedict’s ‘little rule for beginners,’ as he calls it, has lasted for over 1500 years because of his flexibility and insight into human nature.
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- http://westminsterabbey.ca/vocations/ – Benedictines
- Westminster Abbey, PO Box 3310
Mission, BC V2V 4J5
Phone: 604.826.8975
- Westminster Abbey, PO Box 3310
- Lectio Divina = holy reading: http://westminsterabbey.ca/worship-liturgy/lectio-divina/
- http://westminsterabbey.ca/news-media/monastic-resources/
- Seminary of Christ the King – high school, college and priestly formation has been conducted by the Benedictines of Westminster Abbey since 1939 : http://sck.ca
Benedictine Nuns Investiture:
Nuns: https://cloisteredlife.com/directory
The Abbey of Regina Laudis, founded in 1947 in Bethlehem, Connecticut, U.S.A., is a community of contemplative Benedictine women dedicated to the praise of God through prayer and work.
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Cloistered Life search for women
https://aleteia.org/2018/05/02/133-years-of-perpetual-adoration/#.XlbAZSi2XWE.email
Choir Monks | Carmelite Priests | Carmelite Monks
Carmelites with daily Eucharistic Adoration in Canada:
- Beautiful monastery with authentic Sisters and full habit located in Zephyr:
Daughters of St. Paul (the active branch of the Pauline Family, the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master are contemplative branch):
Daughters of Mary – Mother of Israel’s Hope (Mother Miriam is the Foundress)
Dominicans:
- Dominican Nuns of Marbury, Alabama – As Roman Catholic cloistered Dominican nuns, they live a contemplative monastic life dedicated to the glory of God and the salvation of souls especially through the prayer of the Divine Office, Eucharistic Adoration, and Perpetual Rosary.
- Vocation Letters – Dominican Nuns (marburydominicannuns.org)
- The Order of Preachers – Dominicans of Canada
- Queen of Peace Monastery BC Canada – Nuns of the Order of Preachers
Franciscans Friars of the Immaculate (they have religious Sisters too):
Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration and their Franciscan friars of the Eternal Word established Eternal Word Television Network:
Homilies from the monastery of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration PCPA in Alabama:
OLAM Shrine Homily | 2019-12-01 | 1st Sunday of Advent in DECEMBER 2019 Homilies (soundcloud.com)
Freres and Soeurs de Jerusalem:
- This congregation is in Montreal and has adoration in the church all day: http://www.fraternites-jerusalem.ca/horaires-2/ http://www.fraternites-jerusalem.ca/staff/
Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters:
- Affectionately known as the “Pink Sisters” because of their rose coloured habit representing joy.
- Their monastic convents enjoy perpetual Eucharistic adoration worldwide:
Institute of the Incarnate Word in Ontario Canada
Marians of the Immaculate Conception (run the Marian Helpers apostolate)
- Marians of the Immaculate Conception
- Meet the Marians: Chris Alar | Marians of the Immaculate Conception
- Meet the Marians: Donald Calloway | Marians of the Immaculate Conception
“The Madonna House Apostolate is a family of Christian lay men, women, and priests, striving to incarnate the teachings of Jesus Christ by forming a community of love. We are an ‘Association of the Faithful’ within the Roman Catholic Church, under the bishop of the Diocese of Pembroke.”
Their main house and training centre in Combermere Ontario offers exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 6/7 days of the week for members and visiting live-in guests. There is a daily sign-up sheet for the hours of 9am until 5pm or 8pm. They offer both the Roman rite Mass and the Byzantine rite Divine Liturgy.
Missionaries of Our Mother of the Eucharist in Mississippi:
https://invisiblemonastery.com/prayers/holy-hour-for-vocations/
Missionaries of the Most Holy Eucharist:
- A public clerical association that have daily holy hours of exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and start perpetual adoration in parishes in Canada and worldwide. We have referred parishes to them. Here is a list with Spiritual Reading links and information about Vocations.
Oblates of Mary Immaculate OMI:
- The Oblates of Mary Immaculate were founded by Saint Eugène de Mazenod and given recognition by Pope Leo XII in 1826. Priests of this congregation run this excellent parish in Canada with a lot of Eucharistic Adoration: https://sainthedwigchurch.com/
Some religious priests work in parishes that host perpetual adoration:
- Marytown Franciscan Friars
- http://www.instituteoftheincarnateword.org/
- Oratorian Fathers and Brothers St. Mary’s has perpetual adoration: https://www.oldstmarys.org/adoration/
- Vespers with Benediction with Oratorians
- Congregation with adoration founded by Jeanne LeBer
- http://reclusesmiss.org/wp/english/
Monastery. The Catholic community under the French name of Les Recluses Missionnaires was founded in 1943, in Alberta, Canada. The community offers its members a monastic way of life with perpetual adoration of the Eucharist and an accent on silence and solitude following the example of Jeanne LeBer, a recluse who lived in the early days of Montreal.
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Perpetual Adoration Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (and there are Monks):
- https://blessedsacramentmonastery.org/home/
- http://www.perpetualadorationsisters.org/about-us/
- http://www.perpetualadorationsisters.org/prayer-request/
- http://www.adorejesus.org/Vocation_Three_Sisters_Vocation.aspx
- Home – Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Anchorage AK (blessedsacramentmonastery.org)
- http://www.adorejesus.org/Adoration_PUSA.aspx
The Pious Union Of Secular Adorers (Excerpted from Manual of the Pious Union of Secular Adorers by The Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, San Francisco, CA). What is the Pious Union? The “Pious Union” of Secular Adorers is an association which, according to numbers 301 and 303 of the new Canon Law, belongs to the group of private associations classified as the so-called “third orders” or “pious …
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Poor Clares:
- Poor Clares in Mission BC have exposition for three hours daily: https://cloisteredlife.com/introduction
Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration PCPA:
- If the convent you are interested in is located in a different country than your own, as part of your search, you will need to ask them if they accept candidates from your country.
- https://olamnuns.com/
The Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration (P.C.P.A.) at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama are cloistered, contemplative nuns, dedicated to perpetual adoration of Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
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“Gaze Upon The Lord” – St Calre
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- Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79YKldYL3tg
http://www.cgwosthemovie.com “Cloistered: God’s Women of Steel” is a documentary about the Sisters behind Mother Angelica, the founder of the EWTN Catholic Television network. These amazing Nuns belong to the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration (P.C.P.A.) religious order and they live at The Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, a cloistered …
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Cloistered: God’s Women of Steel is a documentary about the Poor Clare Nuns at The Our Lady of the Angel Monastery, a cloistered community in Hanceville, Alabama. They offer adoration to God and prayers for the souls of the world 24/7/365. Meet these amazing women and hear their uplifting stories of soul-searching, prayer and joy and their …
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Meet The Nuns at The. Our Lady of the Angels Monastery. © 2011 NCI, Inc., All Rights Reserved. PLAY SLIDESHOW CLOISTERED TM
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Poor Clare Colletines PCC also have perpetual Eucharistic adoration:
- Mother Mary Francis pcc wrote excellent book about contemplative life including “A Right to Be Merry”. May take Canadians and Mother Mary Francis said they could consider starting a foundation in Canada upon invitation to his diocese from a Canadian Bishop: http://poorclares-roswell.org
Reflections on the Beautiful by our Roswell community. Compiled and presented by our novitiate sisters. What is Beauty? We would like to share with you in this brief video a glimpse into the beauty of our Poor Clare life. Filmed entirely on-site in our Roswell monastic home by our novitiate sisters, this compilation of our reflections of beauty …
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Beauty in our Poor Clare Life Reflections on the Beautiful by our Roswell community Compiled and presented by our novitiate sisters “What is beauty?” and “In our life, what strikes you as beautiful?”
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Servants of Jesus and Mary:
- This lovely monastery of the Servants of Jesus and Mary is right across from Ottawa, ON at 210 Rue Laurier, Gatineau, QC J8X 3W1: http://servantesdejesus-marie.org/ Their public adoration chapel schedule is here: http://servantesdejesus-marie.org/horaire-priere-a-chapelle/ It is open to the public from 6:45am-7:45pm. The main charism of these Sisters is adoration and prayer for priests. They have a full length habit with veil:

- Monastère N-D de l’Annonciation 12050, boulevard Gouin est Montréal (Québec) H1C 1B8 514 648-6801 Adoration Eucharistique: Chapelle ouverte 7h00 à 19h30
Servantes du Très Saint Sacrement au Canada: http://www.uqac.ca/servtss/Mission.htm
Visitation Nuns:
- Visitandines 1430, 4e Avenue, La Pocatière, G0R 1Z0 Téléphone: (418) 856-3243 Site Web: http://www.visitandines.com
- Visitation Sisters in Snellville USA: http://maryfieldvisitation.org
- Visitation Sisters in Mobile USA: http://www.visitationmonasterymobile.org/
Companions of the Cross, a Society of Apostolic life, have adoration and promote it:
The full text of St. Mother Teresa’s urgent appeal for Eucharistic Adoration is here:
“Every Holy Hour we make so pleases the Heart of Jesus that it will be recorded in Heaven and retold for all eternity. It opens up the floodgates of God’s merciful Love upon the world. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth. It will make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven.
“A Holy Hour of adoration helps bring everlasting peace to your soul and in your family. It brings us personal peace and strength. It brings us a greater love for Jesus, for each other, and for the poor. Every holy hour deepens our union with Him and bears much fruit. Nowhere on earth are we more welcomed or loved than by Jesus in Eucharist.
“When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now. This is why we need Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in every Parish throughout the entire World. What will convert America and save the world? My answer is prayer. What we need is for every parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in Holy Hours of prayer.
“On the Cross Jesus said ‘I thirst’. From the Blessed Sacrament Jesus continues to say to each of us ‘I thirst’. He thirsts for our personal love, our intimacy, our union with Him in the Blessed Sacrament. When the Sisters are exhausted, up to their eyes in work; when all seems to go awry, they spend an hour in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. This practice has never failed to bear fruit: they experience peace and strength.
“If you are looking for vocations, as a community have adoration often every day if possible. Once the Missionaries of Charity started daily adoration, their vocations doubled. I know I would not be able to work one week if it were not for that continual force coming from Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament (during my Holy Hour of Adoration). To be alone with Jesus in adoration and intimate union with Him is the Greatest Gift of Love – the tender love of Our Father in Heaven.
“Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration offers to our people the opportunity to join those in religious life to pray for the salvation of the world, souls everywhere and peace on earth. We cannot underestimate the power of prayer and the difference it will make in our world. Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there.
“If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration. Our hours of adoration will be special hours of reparation for sins, and intercession for the needs of the whole world, exposing the sin-sick and suffering humanity to the healing, sustaining and transforming rays of Jesus, radiating from the Eucharist.
“Each one of us is a co-worker of Christ – we must labor hard to carry Him to the hearts where He has not yet been known and loved…But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you with His strength and His power.
“Perpetual adoration is the most beautiful thing you could ever think of doing. People are hungry for God. Imagine for a moment that we are living in Jesus’ time and He has invited us to visit with Him and spend some quiet time getting to know Him better. Being aware who He was, we would be humbled and honored by such an invitation. The good news is that Jesus is here with us TODAY – body, blood, soul and divinity – in the Holy Eucharist. Although Jesus comes to us under the appearance of bread and wine, His presence is as real to us NOW as He was flesh-and-blood-real to His disciples when he walked this earth. He can perform miracles, heal us, teach us, and love us.
“We can talk to Him and He can speak to us through His Word and through the Holy Spirit who lives in us through our baptism and confirmation. Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there.
“If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration.”
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Some other religious orders in Canada, though all may not offer exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: http://vocations.ca/
Directory of Monasteries of Cloistered Nuns: https://cloisteredlife.com/directory
The Abbey of Regina Laudis, founded in 1947 in Bethlehem, Connecticut, U.S.A., is a community of contemplative Benedictine women dedicated to the praise of God through prayer and work.
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More French-speaking communities – Plus de communautés francophones :
- Servantes du Très Saint Sacrement au Canada: http://www.uqac.ca/servtss/Mission.htm
List taken from Una Voce Canada (Vancouver Latin Mass Society) website:
Communities for Women
- Benedictines – Sisters of Clear Creek
- Benedictines – Jouques
- Benedictines – Le Barroux
- Benedictines – Rosans
- Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
- Canonesses of the Mother of God
- Sisters of the Precious Blood – Schellenberg
- Sisters of the Precious Blood – St. Pelagiberg
- Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest
- Discalced Carmelites – Valparaiso, Nebraska
- Dominicans of the Holy Ghost – Baffe
- Dominicans of the Holy Ghost – Draguignan
- Dominicans of the Holy Ghost – Nantes
- Dominicans of the Holy Ghost – Pontcalec
- Dominicans of the Holy Ghost – Saint Cloud
- Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate
- Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa
- Religious Victims of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Institute of Servants of the Queen of Apostles
- Oasis de Jesús Sacerdote
- Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Richmond, N.H.)
- Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Still River, Mass.)
Communities for Men
- Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
- The London Oratory
- Apostles of Jesus Christ, Priest and Victim
- Benedictines – Fontgombault
- Benedictines – Gaussan
- Benedictines – Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery – Silver City, NM USA (canonically irregular)
- Benedictines – Randol
- Benedictines – Triors
- Benedictines – Wisques
- Benedictines – Le Barroux
- Benedictines – St. Pierre de Clairac
- Benedictines – Norcia
- Benedictines – Saint Benoit
- Benedictines – Silverstream Priory, Ireland
- Benedictines – Clear Creek
- Benedictines – St. Louis Abbey
- The Brisbane Oratory
- Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius
- Canons Regular of the Holy Cross
- Canons Regular of the Mother of God
- Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem
- Canons Regular of St. Augustine
- Cistercians – Vyšší Brod Abbey, Czech Republic
- Fraternity of St. Vincent Ferrer
- Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
- Institute of St. Philip Neri – Berlin
- Institute of the Good Shepherd
- Knights of the Holy Eucharist (USA)
- Miles Christi
- Militia Templi; The Poor Knights of Christ also called the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ (Latin: Christi Pauperum Militum Ordo), a lay order formed on 21 Sept. 1979 with headquarters at the Castello della Magione, Poggibonsi, Italy
- Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World (Peru)
- Norbertines – St. Michael’s Abbey, Orange County CA
- Oasis of Jesus the Priest (Spain)
- Opus Mariae Matris Ecclesiae (Italy)
- The Oratory of St. Philip Neri – Birmingham
- Oratory of St. Philip Neri – Toronto
- The Oxford Oratory
- Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney
- Religious Institute of the Holy Cross of Riaumont
- Servi Jesu et Mariae
- Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Richmond, N.H.)
- Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Still River, Mass.)
- Comunidades Sacerdotales de San Juan – Ciudad del Este – Paraguay
- Star of the Sea Church – San Francisco
- Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, formerly called the Transalpine Redemptorists, Papa Stronsay, Scotland
- Trappists- Mariawald Abbey, Germany
- Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Carmelite Rite)
- Dominicans – Province of St. Joseph (Dominican Rite)
- Dominicans – Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus (Dominican Rite)
- Missionary Society of Divine Mercy (France)
- Fraternitas Christi Sacerdotis et Beatae Mariae Reginae (Spain)
- Fraternity of the Divine Mercy (Italy)
- Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word (USA)
- Carthusians (Carthusian Rite, revised 1981)
VOCATION DISCERNMENT AIDS:
- Religious Vocation Discernment 101 – the Benedictine Sisters share a few tips for how to discern a religious calling
- http://www.saintcd.com/eucharistic-adoration-encourages-vocations/
- AVow – discernment for females
- Go Priest – 9 holy hours to discern the priesthood
- Go Priest – discernment self-test
- Go Priest – Find your vocation director
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