This section of the Vocations Ireland website offers profiles of the founders of our Religious orders. We hope you'll find these profiles both informative and inspiring. Through reading these courageous stories we hope you will get a good sense of the special charism of these holy men and women and their vision for the orders they established.
Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy
Founder of the Discalced Carmelites
Order of Preachers
Founder of the Loreto Sisters
Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart
Founder of the many branches of the Franciscan Family
Saint of the Dominican Family
Founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny
Founder of the Little Company of Mary
Founder of the Presentation Sisters
Co founder of the Visitation Order
Co founder of the Visitation Order