Caritas Christi Urget Nos | |
| Formation | January 15, 1815 |
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| Founder | Mary Aikenhead |
| Type | Centralized Religious Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right (for Women) |
| Headquarters | Religious Sisters of Charity Generalate, Caritas, 15 Gilford Road, Sandymount D04 X337, Dublin |
Superior general | Sr. Patricia Lenihan, [1] |
| Website | rsccaritas |
| Remarks | Motto: "The love of Christ urges us on" |
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The Religious Sisters of Charity or Irish Sisters of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded by Mary Aikenhead in Ireland on 15 January 1815. Its motto is Caritas Christi urget nos ('The love Christ urges us on'; 2 Corinthians 5:14).
The institute has its headquarters in Dublin. The congregation is governed by a congregational leader, assisted by a group of sisters known as the general leadership team or the general council.[2] In England and Scotland, it operates as a registered charity.[3] The Religious Sisters of Charity of Australia is constituted as a distinct Congregation.
- ^ "Religious Order Sisters". 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Congregational structure". Religious Sisters of Charity. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "Religious Sisters Of Charity, registered charity no. 231323". Charity Commission for England and Wales.