The formal decree of unification had been publicly proclaimed on November 4 at a special mass at the Basilica of Loyola in ...

The Congregation of Jesus (CJ) and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM) unified about 1,800 sisters across 40 countries after officially merging into one congregation on Tuesday. The two ...

The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Congregatio Jesu have become one entity comprising 1,800 sisters working in 40 countries worldwide Two orders of female religious inspired by a 16th ...

Two congregations of religious Sisters — the Congregation of Jesus (CJ) and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM-Loreto) — merged on Tuesday at a ceremony held in Loyola, Spain. “The merged ...

Two international congregations of women religious have formally merged more than five years after first expressing the desire for union, saying the move will strengthen their mission of service to ...