U.S. Ministries

In the Delegation of Our Lady of the Angels, USA, we are present in the State
of New Jersey in the Dioceses of Camden and Trenton.  We strive to live and
carry out our Charism of charity with enthusiasm, zeal, and Franciscan joy.

By our prayerful fraternal life, we give witness to the deep meaning of a life
of consecration-mission within the Church in the United States, where
often times Religious Sisters are living alone and do not live a community life.

In keeping with the desire of our Mother Foundress, that the sisters “be true
servants of the common people…seeing Jesus in their neighbor and their
neighbor in Jesus,” we serve here in many capacities, meeting the needs of
the local church.  The sisters serve in the style of Barbara Micarelli, rendering
our service in a spirit of simplicity docility, humility, and charity.

Within the educational field, the sisters serve as Principals of schools, as
Teachers, as Counselors to students who are hurting or suffering as a result
of social situations within society and within their families, and as 1 to 1
assistants to students with special needs.  Sisters also serve as Directors of
Parish Religious Education Programs and youth ministry programs.

Today in the United States there is a surge of immigration from Mexico and
other Latin American countries.  As a delegation we are serving the immigrants
by collaborating with the diocesan ministry to the Hispanic Community.

Sisters are also serving the Church by way of visitation to the homebound,
bringing them the comfort and strength of the Eucharist and the Word.

Sisters are serving the parishes within the Liturgies, by way of directing
children’s choirs, participating in Adult choirs, and serving as lectors and
Eucharistic Ministers.

We offer hospitality to various groups who regularly come to our Delegation
House for their meetings, gatherings, staff retreats and diocesan encounters.
Each of the four fraternities has organized a lay group, which meets monthly
for formative encounters about our Mother Foundress and our charism.

The sisters are able to carry out so many various activities of charity because
they are constantly renewing themselves spiritually and professionally by way
of retreats, workshops, and coursework in theology and Franciscan studies as
well as their various professional fields.