Community Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
Novitiate House of Formation
1714 Crain Highway
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Phone: (301) 627-5337
nov.kateritekakwitha@servidoras.org

Apostolate
Currently, the Novitiate is located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, about twenty miles east of Washington, DC. We are committed to several apostolates in the area, including:

• Little Flower Oratory for Girls: According to the tradition of our Religious Family and in the spirit of St. John Bosco, the Novices hold an oratory for girls every Saturday. The oratory is open to young girls between ages 7 and 12 and consists in four main elements: prayer, cooking, art and games. From volleyball to baking brownies, the girls learn the importance of the human virtues, but most of all, they learn the importance of faith and prayer through talks about saints, the life of Jesus, etc., and the prayer of the Holy Rosary.  
• Catechism/Oratory:
  • Catechism classes at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bowie, MD.
  • Oratory and Catechism at St. John Baptist de la Salle Catholic Church, an IVE parish in Chillum, MD. The programs include recreational activities with children and catechetical formation.
  • Oratory and Catechism at St. James Catholic Church, an IVE parish in Mount Rainier, MD. The sisters join IVE seminarians to provide recreational and catechetical activities for children of all ages.
• Home Visits: On Sundays in Bowie, MD the sisters visit homes as a means to bring Christ to the people.

Read about past events relating to our community:

• All Saints Day at the Little Flower Oratory

Our Patron
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin
Among the earliest gems of the Church in North America is Kateri Tekakwitha, a young Iroquois who was born in the 1600’s of a Christian Algonquin mother and a non-Christian Iroquois chief, in Quebec, Canada. Having lost her parents at the age of fourteen, she was raised among the Mohawks in the home of an uncle. There she first encountered Christian missionaries, and was baptized on Easter Sunday, April 5, 1676. Because of her baptism, her exemplary life, and her desire to remain a virgin, Kateri suffered great persecution. She died at age twenty-four known as the “Lily of the Mowhawks,” since she had given herself over entirely to care for the sick and long hours of prayer and penance. She was beatified in 1980 by Pope John Paul II. Her body is buried in the church of the Native American  reserve of Kahnawake, Quebec.