Religious Orders

Abbreviations Key

• CCVI = Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
• CMC = Congregation of the Mother Coredemptrix
• CMI = Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
• CMST = Missionary Carmelites of St. Theresa
• CSC = Congregation of Holy Cross
• CVI = Congregation of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament
• DMMM = Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy
• IWBS = Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament
• MS = Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
• MSP = Missionary Society of St. Paul
• OP = Dominicans (Order of Preachers):
  • Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart
  • Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic
  • Vietnamese Dominican Sisters
• OSA = Augustinian Fathers of the Castilian Province
• OSB = Order of St. Benedict
• SSJ = St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart
• SVD = Society of the Divine Word

 

Augustinian Fathers of the Castilian Province (OSA)

Provincial/Mother House: Residencia Provincia San Juan de Sahagun, in Madrid, Spain

Website: www.osanet.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Rev. Telesforo R. Blanco, OSA -- Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Port Arthur
• Rev. Luis Urriza, OSA -- Cristo Rey Parish, Beaumont

Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI)

Provincial/Mother House: C.M.I. Mission Province of Chanda, in Belampalli, India

Serving in the Diocese:

• Rev. George Kalappura, CMI -- St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica, Beaumont
• Rev. Joseph Kattakkara, CMI -- St. Mary Parish, Fannett; St. Martin de Porres Mission, Cheek;
• Rev. George Kidangen, CMI -- St. Helen Parish, Orangefield
• Rev. Antony Moozhikuzhy, CMI -- St. Therese the Little Flower of Jesus Parish, Port Arthur
• Rev. Anthony Paulose, CMI -- C.P.E. Program, Houston
• Rev. Rejimon George, CMI -- St. Therese the Little Flower Parish, Port Arthur

Congregation of Holy Cross (CSC)

Provincial/Mother House: South-West Province Center in Austin, Texas

Website: www.holycross-sw.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Brother Bernard Palmeri, CSC -- Catholic Schools Counselor

Congregation of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (CVI)

Provincial/Mother House: Incarnate Word Convent, in Houston, Texas

Website: www.incarnateword.org/cvi/

Serving in the Diocese:

• Sister Barbara Anne Osterhaus, CVI -- Catholic Pastoral Center (Tribunal office), Beaumont

Congregation of the Mother Coredemptrix (CMC)

Provincial/Mother House: US Assumption Province Center, in Carthage, Missouri

Website: www.dongcong.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Rev. Simon Hoang Minh Dao, CMC -- Queen of Vietnam Parish, Port Arthur
• Rev. John Tran Tinh, CMC -- Queen of Vietnam Parish, Port Arthur

Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (CCVI)

Provincial/Mother House: in Houston, Texas

Website: www.sistersofcharity.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Sister Mary Ann Shanahan, CCVI -- Christus Hospital - St. Mary, Port Arthur
• Sister Aloysius Mannion, CCVI -- Christus Hospital-St. Mary, Port Arthur (Spiritual Care Dept.)

Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy (DMMM)

Provincial/Mother House: in Nigeria

Serving in the Diocese:

• Sister Chinaza Ukaegbu, DMMM -- in studies at Lamar University, Beaumont

Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart (OP)

Provincial/Mother House: Houston Dominicans Sacred Heart Convent, in Houston, Texas

Website: www.houstonop.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Sister Emily Bordages, OP -- Msgr. Kelly Catholic High School, Beaumont
• Sister Katie Gaspard, OP -- Port Neches-Groves Independent School District
• Sister Josephina Pitre, OP -- St. Anthony Cathedral School, Beaumont
• Sister Sharon Steglich, OP -- St. Mary Catholic School, Orange
• Sister Barbara White, OP -- Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, Beaumont

Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic (OP)

Provincial/Mother House: in St. Catherine, Kentucky

Website: www.emdsisters.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Sister Rosemary Hoppe, OP -- Christus St. Mary Hospital, Port Arthur

Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette (MS)

Provincial/Mother House: La Salette Missionaries (Province of Mary, Mother of the Americas), in Hartford, Connecticut

Website: www.ourladyoflasalette.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Rev. Ronald B. Foshage, MS -- St. Michael Parish, Jasper
• Rev. Egidio A. Vecchio, MS -- Our Lady of the Pines Parish, Woodville
• Brother Roman Wilbers, MS -- Our Lady of the Pines Parish, Woodville

Missionary Carmelites of St. Theresa (CMST)

Provincial/Mother House: Holy Family Province Carmelites Mother House, in Houston, Texas

Serving in the Diocese:

• Sister Guadalupe C. Flores, C.M.S.T.  -  Hispanic Ministry
• Sister Margarita Castro, C.M.S.T. - Hispanic Ministry
• Sister Maria de Jesus Lozano, C.M.S.T.  - Hispanic Ministry
• Sister Dulce Maria Cordoba, C.M.S.T.  - Hispanic Ministry

Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSP)

Provincial/Mother House: US Mission, in Houston, Texas

Website: www.mssp.it

Serving in the Diocese:

• Rev. Charles Atuah, M.S.P., -- Sacred Heart-St. Mary Parish, Port Arthur
• Rev. George Okeahialam, M.S.P., -- Sacred Heart Parish, Raywood
• Rev. Anselm Eke, M.S.P., --St. Therese Parish, Orange
• Rev. Ikeokwu Nduh, M.S.P., -- Our Mother of Mercy Parish, Ames

Order of St. Benedict (OSB)

Local Monastery: Holy Cross Monastery, in Beaumont, Texas

Website: www.osb.org and www.holycrossmonks.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Rev. Peter Funk -- Holy Family Retreat Center
• Brother Michael Gallagher -- Holy Family Retreat Center

Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (IWBS)

Provincial/Mother House: in Corpus Christi, Texas

Website: www.iwbscc.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Sister Esther Dunegan, IWBS -- Diocesan Pastoral Center (Chancellor), Beaumont

Society of the Divine Word (SVD)

Provincial/Mother House: Southern Province of St. Augustine House, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Website: www.divineword.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Most Rev. Curtis J. Guillory, SVD -- Bishop of Beaumont
• Rev. Paul Papa Kahan, SVD -- St. Mary Parish, Cleveland
• Rev. Clifton Labbé, SVD -- St. Joseph Parish, Livingston; and St. Martin de Porres Mission, Corrigan
• Rev. Anil Thomas, SVD -- St. Joseph Parish, Livingston

St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart (SSJ)

Provincial/Mother House: The Josephites House, in Baltimore, Maryland

Serving in the Diocese:

• Rev. Henry J. Davis, SSJ -- Blessed Sacrament Parish, Beaumont; and Our Mother of Mercy Parish, Beaumont
• Rev. Robert Zawacki, S.S.J. -- Blessed Sacrament Church; and Our Mother of Mercy Church, Beaumont
• Rev. Godwin Ani, S.S.J. -- Blessed Sacrament Church and Our Mother of Mercy Church, Beaumont

Vietnamese Dominican Sisters (OP)

Provincial/Mother House: St. Catherine Convent, in Houston, Texas

Website: www.nutudaminh.org

Serving in the Diocese:

• Sister Theresa Duyen Doan, OP -- Queen of Vietnam Parish, Port Arthur
• Sister Ceciliana Le, OP -- Queen of Vietnam Parish, Port Arthur
• Sister Anna Cecilia Nguyen, OP -- Queen of Vietnam Parish, Port Arthur
• Sister Theresa Marie Nguyen, OP -- Queen of Vietnam Parish, Port Arthur