Religious Of The Virgin Mary
The Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary is an ecclesiastical community of vowed religious Roman Catholic women of pontifical right and approval founded in Manila, Philippines. The community was founded in 1684 by Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, a Filipino Roman Catholic pious laywoman. While its official Spanish title was La Cofradia de Hermanas de Religiosa de la Virgen Maria, the post-nominal initials of a member of the Congregation are "R.V.M." The congregation administers schools in the Philippines and in the states of California and Hawaii in the United States.
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