Projects Abroad
Bride Counihan is on her way to Latin America to visit the projects of the Little Sisters there. She hopes to be home in Ireland in the Spring and will continue her work for these projects from here.
Welcome to our website
The Little Sisters of the Assumption are an international congregation living in 21 countries.
We are committed to working with families and individuals to create a more just and caring world - to reach out to the least advantaged people on the margins of society.
Cebu, Philippines
Bernie O’Donovan is home in Ireland at present from her mission in Cebu.
She has shared a lot of stories with us about the reality of the poverty of the people she encounters in Cebu.
International Leadership
We have a new International Leadership Team, namely, Marie-Francoise Phelippeau (International Leader) and Team members, Piedad Berrio, Eugenia Hueto, Genevieve Langois Meurinne and Mary Keenan.
They have had their first leadership meeting. For the next two months they will be refreshing their language skills in various places. Genevieve Langois Meurinne has come to Dublin to study English for a month. Mary Keenan, Piedad and Eugenia are in Angers in France. Marie-Francoise is in Madrid.
We wish Mary Keenan every Blessing in her new role as part of the International Leadership of the Congregation.
Recent News
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We are committed to working with families and individuals to create a more
just and caring world - to reach out to the least advantaged people on the
margins of society.
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We are committed to working with families and individuals to create a more
just and caring world - to reach out to the least advantaged people on the
margins of society.
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We are committed to working with families and individuals to create a more
just and caring world - to reach out to the least advantaged people on the
margins of society.
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We are committed to working with families and individuals to create a more
just and caring world - to reach out to the least advantaged people on the
margins of society.
About Us
We are a group of sisters living in 21 communities in the Anglo-Celtic Province. Our vision is to bring about the Kingdom of God through simple acts of service.
Our History
In 1865 Fr. Etienne Pernet together with Antoinette Fage founded the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Assumption. Their mission was to ‘nurse the sick poor in their own homes’, to be with them in times of need, worries, sickness and family upset and through simple acts of service alleviate suffering.
Read more about Etienne Pernet
The Charism
The Little Sisters of the Assumption are called to be both prophets and prayerful sisters in today’s world. Following Jesus Christ Servant and Saviour we are sent to the poor and those on the margins of society “may your actions speak Jesus Christ”
Justice & Peace
Justice and Peace are at the heart of the mission of the Little Sisters of the Assumption. Faced with the dire poverty of the workers’ families in the 19th century, our Founders, Etienne Pernet and Antoinette Fage, had the courage to offer a response based on Gospel values.
Partnership America Latina
We are a group of lay people assisting the Little Sisters of the Assumption with their work for the poor of Latin America. Our Vision is to assist our brothers and sisters in Latin America attain a life free from all forms of poverty, inequality and injustice.
Vocations:Called and Sent to
Our religious life as Little Sisters of the Assumption is based on Jesus Christ. From Augustinian spirituality we take the model of community as a place of friendship, encouragement and support where God is sought.
