{"id":975,"date":"2012-10-23T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74.220.215.242\/~standrf3\/risen\/?page_id=975"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:31:17","slug":"our-province","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/our-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Province"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"975\" class=\"elementor elementor-975\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4968374 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4968374\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f48c99\" data-id=\"2f48c99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd9725b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd9725b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/murillo-Immaculate-Conception-min.jpg?fit=302%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-18985\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/murillo-Immaculate-Conception-min.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/murillo-Immaculate-Conception-min.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-307e1cc elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"307e1cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3776edd\" data-id=\"3776edd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce808c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce808c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The Province of the Immaculate Conception<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-345653b elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"345653b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c13269\" data-id=\"9c13269\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c065a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78c065a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Locations<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3645dee elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3645dee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1f476KOY3w2Pmn-jmtWrYdHwYYKeMauqz\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2964499 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2964499\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our Lady, under the title of her Immaculate Conception, is the patroness of the United States of America. She also is the patroness of our Province which includes the United States, Canada, Guyana, Mexico and Suriname.<\/p>\n<p>Our sisters began the mission in the United States in 1994, at the invitation of the Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn. We later began working in Canada in 2004 and in Guyana in 2007. Most recently, we opened our mission in Mexico&nbsp;in September&nbsp;of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Our Province includes 24 communities: 19 in the United States, two in Canada, one in Guyana, one in Mexico, and one in Suriname.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"letter-spacing: normal;\"><strong>United States<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>Alaska<\/strong><\/em><br>Community &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/our-province\/our-lady-of-the-arctic-snows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Lady of the Arctic Snows<\/a>&#8221; serving in Fairbanks<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>Arizona<\/strong><\/em><br>Community &#8220;<a title=\"St. Maria De Jesus Sacramentado\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/st-maria-de-jesus\/\">St. Maria de Jesus Sacramentado<\/a>&#8221; serving in Phoenix<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>California<br><\/strong><\/em>Community &#8220;<a title=\"M. Maria Luisa Josefa\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/m-maria-luisa-josefa\/\">Ven. Mother Maria Luisa Josefa<\/a>&#8221; serving&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.olop-shrine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Lady of Peace<\/a>&nbsp;in Santa Clara<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><em>Florida<br><\/em><\/strong>Community &#8220;<a title=\"Ven. Concepci\u00f3n Cabrera de Armida\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/ven-concepcion-cabrera-de-armida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ven. Concepci\u00f3n Cabrera de Armida<\/a>&#8221; serving St. Michael&#8217;s in Wauchula<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&nbsp;<strong><em>Maryland<br><\/em><\/strong>Community &#8220;<a title=\"Novitiate Saint Kateri Tekakwitha\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/novitiate-st-kateri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Kateri Tekakwitha<\/a>&#8221; Novitiate House of Formation in Upper Marlboro<br>Community &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/our-lady-of-lourdes\/\">Our Lady of Lourdes<\/a>&#8221; near Emmitsburg<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>Massachusetts<br><\/strong><\/em>Community &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/st-catherine-of-siena\/\">St. Catherine of Siena<\/a>&#8221; St. Anthony of Padua and Immaculate Conception Parishes in New Bedford<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>&nbsp;Minnesota<br><\/strong><\/em>Community &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/st-theodore-guerin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Theodore Guerin<\/a>&#8221; serving Sts. Peter and Paul in Mankato<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>New Hampshire<\/strong><\/em><em><br><\/em>Community &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/our-province\/st-elizabeth-ann-seton\/\">St. Elizabeth Ann Seton<\/a>&#8221; serving Salve Regina Academy in Berlin and Gorham, New Hampshire<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>New Jersey<br><\/strong><\/em>Community &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/our-province\/saint-john-paul-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. John Paul II<\/a>&#8221; serving the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian parish in Perth Amboy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>New York<br><\/strong><\/em>Community &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/st-fraces-xavier-cabrini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Frances Xavier Cabrini<\/a>&#8221; serving Sts. Peter and Paul in Williamsburg, Brooklyn<br>Community &#8220;<a title=\"St. Rose Duchesne\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/st-rose-duchesne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Rose Duchesne<\/a>&#8221; serving St. Paul in East Harlem<br>Contemplative Monastery &#8220;<a title=\"St. Edith Stein\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/st-edith-stein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Edith Stein<\/a>&#8221; at the Monastery of the&nbsp;Precious Blood in Borough Park,&nbsp;Brooklyn<br>Contemplative Novitiate <a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/our-province\/contemplative-novitiate-st-catherine-of-siena\/\">&#8220;St. Catherine of Siena&#8221;<\/a> at the Monastery of the&nbsp;Precious Blood in Borough Park,&nbsp;Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>Pennsylvania<br><\/strong><\/em>Community &#8220;<a title=\"Our Lady of Guadalupe\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/our-lady-of-guadalupe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Lady of Guadalupe<\/a>&#8221; serving Mision Santa Maria in Avondale<br>Community &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/st-katharine-drexel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Katharine Drexel<\/a>&#8221; serving St. Veronica in Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>Texas<br><\/strong><\/em>Community &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/venerable-julia-navarrete-guerrero\/\">Community Venerable Julia Navarrete Guerrero<\/a>&#8221; serving the St. Bernard Church and School in Dallas<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>Washington, D.C.<br><\/strong><\/em>Provincial House &#8220;<a title=\"Provincial House\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/provincial-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Immaculate Conception<\/a>&#8221; in&nbsp;Southeast Washington<br>Community &#8220;<a title=\"Juniorate IHM\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/juniorate-ihm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Immaculate Heart of Mary<\/a>&#8221; Juniorate House of Studies<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"letter-spacing: normal;\"><strong>Canada<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Community &#8220;<a title=\"Notre Dame du Cap\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/notre-dame-du-cap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Notre Dame du Cap<\/a>&#8221; serving St. Augustine of Canterbury in North York, Toronto, ON<br>Community &#8220;<a title=\"Bl. Marie de l\u2019Incarnation\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/bl-marie-de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Marie de l&#8217;Incarnation<\/a>&#8221; serving St. John the Baptist in Peterborough, ON<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"letter-spacing: normal;\"><strong>Guyana<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Community &#8220;<a title=\"Immaculate Conception\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/immaculate-conception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Immaculate Conception<\/a>&#8221; serving St. Francis Xavier in Charity and chapels along the Pomeroon River and Essequibo Coast<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"letter-spacing: normal;\"><strong>Mexico<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Community&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/virgen-de-izamal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Virgen de Izamal&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;serving the &#8220;Casa del Sacerdote&#8221; (a home for elderly priests)&nbsp;in Merida, Yucatan<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"letter-spacing: normal;\"><strong>Suriname<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Community &#8220;<a title=\"Our Lady of Perpetual Help\" href=\"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/convents\/our-lady-of-perpetual-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Lady of Perpetual Help<\/a>&#8221; in the capital, Paramaribo serving &#8220;Maria Internaat&#8221; (a girls dormitory for elementary and secondary students).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcbc7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fcbc7a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Province of the Immaculate Conception Locations Our Lady, under the title of her Immaculate Conception, is the patroness of the United States of America. She also is the patroness of our Province which includes the United States, Canada, Guyana, Mexico and Suriname. Our sisters began the mission in the United States in 1994, at&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/our-province\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our Province<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-975","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27400,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/975\/revisions\/27400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}