We are the Religious of the Assumption
We make Jesus Christ and His Church known and loved
In our European Province we respond to the challenges of society in Belgium, England, Italy and Lithuania, moving forward together, ready to take risks in response to new calls.
Assumption Sisters
Called by Christ to community, adoration and mission
The Religious of the Assumption (Assumption Sisters) are an international Catholic congregation of about 1,000 Sisters of 40 nationalities, responding to the challenges and calls of society in 32 countries around the world. We were founded by St Marie Eugenie in 1839 to make Jesus Christ and his Church known and loved. Our way of life is both contemplative and apostolic. Educators by vocation, we live and pray together in communities.
Province of Europe
Our Province was created in 2018 and unites 12 communities from Belgium, England, Italy and Lithuania. We share our charism and mission in the international context: we learn from one another appreciating our differences which enrich us. The Spirit impels us to go forward and “to risk ourselves together in response to new calls.”
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Happy Christmas 2023!
“In a special way during these weeks, let us prepare the house of the heart with care, so that it is orderly and hospitable. The Lord is our light and it is good to dispose the heart to welcome him with prayer and to host him with charity. Let us cultivate his expectation, keeping our hearts alert, that is, eager for him, awake and ready, impatient to meet him. May the Virgin Mary, woman of expectation, help us to receive her coming Son.” – Pope Francis, Angelus, Sunday 3 December 2023
Masses will be at 10am in the Maria Assumpta Chapel, Kensington Square, London W8 5HH as follows:
17th December – 4th Sunday of Advent
NO MASS on Christmas Eve
25th December – Christmas Day
31st December – New Years Eve
The Assumption Sisters wish you a Happy Christmas and every blessing for the New Year in 2024!
Lent Pilgrimage to France for Young Adults
Begin Lent 2024 with two great saints!
Join the Religious of the Assumption and the British Province of Carmelites for a pilgrimage in the footsteps of St Marie Eugenie and St Therese of Lisieux to Paris and Lisieux in France from Thursday 15th – Sunday 18th February 2024.
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“Each of us has a mission here on earth”
Saint Marie Eugenie was convinced that God calls each person to a particular task here on earth, that each one has a part to play in building up the Kingdom. In the Assumption today this call can be lived out in different ways and through different vocations.