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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond Counties in New York City (coterminous with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, respectively), as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is home to a large number of religious orders and congregations. Some of them arrived in the 19th century to serve various immigrant populations. As these groups became more assimilated, the congregations directed their efforts to various types of apostolates or other locations. While there are not as many religious communities present in 2007 as there were in 1957, they still make up a significant part of the archdiocese.

In 1959, there were 7,913 nuns and holy sisters ministering in the archdiocese, representing 103 different religious orders.

As of 2004, there were 913 priests of religious orders ministering in the archdiocese. As of 2008, 2,911 religious sisters and nuns and 368 religious brothers minister in the archdiocese. These religious come from over 120 different religious congregations and orders.

Male religious orders in the archdiocese

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Saint Anselm's, (Agustinos Recoletos), Bronx, Nueva York.
Holy Name of Jesus, Manhattan

Female religious orders in the archdiocese

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  • Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Formerly known as the Missionary Zelatrices of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the sisters serve at the following schools in the archdiocese: Our Lady of Pompeii (Greenwich Village), Santa Maria (Bronx), Sacred Heart Learning Center (Bronx) and St. Joseph (Manhattan). One sister also ministers at Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe (2010).
  • Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm - Operate three nursing homes in the archdiocese: Carmel Richmond on Staten Island, Mary Manning Walsh in Manhattan and St. Patrick in the Bronx.[16]
  • Congregation of Notre Dame - The Congregation of Notre Dame sisters sponsor the Notre Dame Academy in Staten Island. The sisters formerly ran Notre Dame College in Staten Island, before its merging with St. John University in 1975 (2009), they also fund and work at Villa Maria School, a K-8 school in the Bronx, NY.[17]
  • Daughters of Divine Charity - The sisters have a convent on Staten Island and minister at St. Joseph Hill Academy (2009).
  • Daughters of Saint Paul - The sisters have a convent on Staten Island and work in the field of evangelization with the media of social communication. They run a bookcenter in Manhattan and visit parishes and schools with Catholic resources.[18]
  • Discalced Carmelite nuns - The New York Carmel was founded in Manhattan in the 1920s. It subsequently moved to the Bronx, and relocated again to Beacon in 1980.[19]
  • Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt - The sisters founded Dominican College in Blauvelt, and staffed and ministering in numerous shelters, schools and hospitals.[20]
Rosary Hill Home
  • Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne - The Sisters, whose primary apostolate is to nurse the indigent dying of cancer, run Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne. They were founded by Mother Mary Alphonsus, O.S.D., born Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of the noted author, Nathaniel Hawthorne.[21]
  • Dominican Sisters of Hope - The community formed in 1995 from the merger of three Dominican congregations: the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh, NY (1883), the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena (1891) of Fall River, Massachusetts, and the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor (1910) of Ossining, NY. They sponsor Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh and Mariandale Retreat Center in Ossining. The Sisters minister in healthcare in New York City, and in education, social service and pastoral ministries.[22]
St Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
  • Dominican Sisters of Sparkill - The Sisters, founded in 1876, established St. Thomas Aquinas College, and operate Aquinas High School in the Bronx and Albertus Magnus High School in Bardonia. The Sisters minister in over 35 parishes and schools. Today, the sisters number 337 and the motherhouse is located in Sparkill, New York.[23]
  • Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Springs - This is a new congregation founded in 2009 with members from the Dominican Sisters of Columbus. The Sisters staff St. Vincent Ferrer High School in Manhattan, and have a convent in Ossining.
  • Dominican Sisters of Perpetual Adoration - The nuns, the cloistered "Second Order" in the Dominican Order, have a monastery which opened in 1889, located in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx (2009). It is the oldest active Dominican monastery in the United States.[24]
  • Franciscan Handmaids of Mary - St. Edward Novitiate on Staten Island closed in 2003. The sisters run St. Benedict Day Nursery in Harlem, and minister in parochial schools. Their motherhouse is located in Harlem. (2010).
  • Franciscan Missionaries of Mary - have convents in the Bronx, Manhattan and Millbrook. The Sisters minister at Cardinal Hayes Home for Children.[25]
  • Franciscan Sisters of Allegheny - The Sisters, whose past ministries in the archdiocese included St. Clare and St. Elizabeth Hospitals in Manhattan, serve at St. Anthony of Padua Church (Manhattan)[26] and a homeless shelter for women in the Hells Kitchen section of Manhattan.
  • The Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement are a missionary order of sisters who have established catechetical and daycare centers all over North America, serving rural communities throughout the western United States, Canada, and inner city locales, such as Harlem in New York City. Several accompanied the Japanese-American communities they served into the forced resettlement conducted during World War II. Today, the Sisters serve in the archdiocese in Port Chester and Yonkers.[27]
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Poor - The Sisters, who came to the archdiocese in 1865, ministered for a century at St. Francis Hospital and St. Anthony Sanatarium in the Bronx, before their closing in 1966. They also operated the Frances Schervier Nursing Home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, which they sold to a medical chain about A.D. 2000. They minister today at St. Anthony Community Hospital and the Schervier Pavilion, both in Warwick, New York (2009).
  • Little Sisters of the Assumption - The Sisters, who used to administer homes for the sick poor, operate the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, which they established in 1958, in Manhattan at 125th W. 130th St.[28] The novitiate was at 241 East 15th Street in (Manhattan) from 1891 to 1954, and then at 1195 Lexington Avenue from 1954 to 1984.
  • Little Sisters of the Poor - The Sisters operate the Jeanne Jugan Residence in The Bronx (2009).
  • Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic—First US-based congregation of women religious dedicated to world mission. Located in Ossining, NY. Currently number 448 Sisters and serve in 24 nations of the world.[29]
  • Missionary Oblates of the Blessed Trinity - The Sisters have their novitiate located in Hopewell Junction, New York and teach at Immaculate Conception School (Gun Hill Road) in the Bronx (2009).
  • Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - formerly known as the Missionary Canonesses of St. Augustine, these Belgian Sisters had convents at 437 West 47th Street and on Washington Square North in Manhattan (1927). In 1948, the sisters took over operation of the Queen's Daughters' Day Nursery in Yonkers, New York. In the 1960s, the semi-enclosed congregation changed its nature to a more active one and was renamed the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The eight sisters in New York continue their ministry at their residence at the Kittay Senior Apartments in the Bronx.[30]
  • Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - The Sisters have convents located in West Park, Manhattan and Dobbs Ferry. They administer at Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation (Manhattan), Cabrini Nursing Home (Dobbs Ferry), Cabrini Immigrant Services (Manhattan & Dobbs Ferry), Mother Cabrini High School (Manhattan), St. Frances Cabrini Shrine (Manhattan) and St. Cabrini Home (West Park). The congregation previously ran Columbus Hospital in Manhattan, which became known as Cabrini Medical Center, from 1896 to 2008, when it closed (2009).
  • Monastic Family of Bethlehem and the Assumption of the Virgin - This order of monastic Sisters was founded in Rome in 1950. The Order came to the United States, and the archdiocese, in 1987. They have a monastery located in Livingston Manor, New York (2009).
  • Oblates of Jesus the Priest - Dedicated to assisting priests and promoting the priesthood. Daily Eucharistic adoration, rosary, and Liturgy of the Hours.
  • Order of Discalced Carmelites - The cloistered nuns have one monastery located in the archdiocese, which is located in Beacon. The monastery was formerly located in The Bronx until 1982. In 2000, the nuns merged with two of their daughter foundations, the Carmelite monasteries from Barre, Vermont, and Saranac Lake, New York (2009), the new community took the name of Carmel of the Incarnation.
  • Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate - The Sisters' motherhouse, Marycrest, is located in Monroe, New York. Their apostolate is to visit homes for direct person-to-person evangelization, and to check on children in broken homes. Some Sisters also minister in parish Religious Education programs (2009).
  • Redemptoristine Nuns - The cloistered Order of the Most Holy Redeemer was founded in Scala, Italy, in 1731. The nuns came to Esopus, New York, in 1957, and established the Mother of Perpetual Help Monastery on the grounds of Mount St. Alphonsus, the seminary of the Redemptorist Fathers. After the sale of the property in 2012, the nuns relocated with the Discalced Carmelites in Beacon, with whom they now share the monastery.[31]
  • Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - The Sisters run the Convent of the Sacred Heart school, located in Manhattan (2009).
Marymount School, NYC
  • Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary - The Sisters' Provincial headquarters is located in Tarrytown, New York. The Sisters founded and ran Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York for almost 100 years, until its merger in 2002 with Fordham University. The Sisters also ran Marymount Manhattan College, which became non-sectarian in the 1980s. The Sisters run the Marymount School in Manhattan. From 1907 to 2007 the congregation ran St. Joseph Novitiate in Tarrytown; they subsequently consolidated an international novitiate in Brazil.
  • Sacramentine Sisters - Monastery and school was established in Yonkers in 1915 in the historic Ethan Flagg House; sold in 1991 when the Sisters moved temporarily to Warwick, New York; in 1998, they established Blessed Sacrament Monastery in Scarsdale, New York.[32]
  • Sisters, Servants of Mary - These Sisters, founded in Spain and working internationally, minister to terminally-ill patients in their homes. Their convent is located at 3305 Country Club Road, Bronx, N.Y. (2009).
  • Sisters of Charity of New York - The Sisters of Charity can be considered to be one of the most, if not the most, influential religious congregation in the archdiocese. After establishing the first community of religious Sisters in the diocese in 1817, the Sisters began to staff dozens of parochial schools, the College of Mount St. Vincent, the now-closed Elizabeth Seton College in Yonkers, the New York Foundling Hospital and former St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in Manhattan and Staten Island. As of 2021, There are 224 Sisters of Charity of New York and 130 Associates.
  • Sisters of Divine Providence - Founded in France, these Sisters worked with the Fathers of Mercy to help newly arrived French immigrants. To this end, they established Leo House to provide secure housing for young working women.
  • Sisters of the Divine Compassion - The Sisters ran Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy (closed 2015) and Elementary School (closed 2017) in White Plains. They previously operated Good Counsel College in White Plains, which merged with Pace College in the 1980s. They continue to operate Preston High School in the Bronx, a food pantry and thrift shop in Dover Plains, New York, and the Divine Compassion Spirituality Center in White Plains.
  • Sisters of Life - Founded in 1991 by Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor, Archbishop of New York. They have four convents in the archdiocese: one in Manhattan, two in the Bronx and one in Yonkers. The Sisters staffed the Archdiocesan Family Life Office and run shelters for pregnant women (2009).
  • Sisters of Mercy - They ran Our Lady of Victory Academy in Dobbs Ferry (closed 2011) and continue to operate St. Catharine Academy in The Bronx. They founded Mercy College, which became non-sectarian in the 1960s. The sisters also run Mercy Center in The Bronx, a counseling and spiritual center.
  • Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine - Founded in New York City in 1910, the Sisters are a diocesan congregation. They run a retreat center in Nyack, where the motherhouse is located. The congregation has 16 members (2018), down from a high of 72.[33] Due to their dwindling numbers, they sold 75% of their grounds to the Trust for Public Land, to preserve the grounds for future generations.[34]
  • Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary have two congregations in the Archdiocese. The sisters arrived in New York from Ireland in 1874 and established St. Michael's Orphanage on Staten Island. This became the Sisters of the Presentation of Staten Island. They established a new foundation in Massachusetts, the Sisters of the Presentation of Fitchburg and purchased property near Newburgh, New York that became Mount St. Joseph, the motherhouse of the Presentation Sisters of Newburgh. In 1997, the Newburgh and Fitchburg communities merged to form the Presentation Sisters of New Windsor. They continue to work in education, healthcare, and parish ministry.
  • Sisters of the Resurrection - The Sisters originally staffed the parish school of the Church of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer in Manhattan. The novitiate, the Mother Celine House of Studies, operated in Rye, New York from 1947 to 1973. Today they staff Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale, and teach at St. Casimir School in Yonkers and St. Margaret of Cortona School in the Bronx. In 2010, the Sisters took a new mission at St. Columba Church in Hopewell Junction, running the school and religious education office.
  • Sisters of St. Agnes - The sisters, whose motherhouse is located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, previously staffed a number of parochial schools, including Sacred Heart in Yonkers, Our Lady Queen of Angels in Harlem and Holy Family in the Bronx. The sisters work in the Leo House for German Catholics (2009).
  • Sisters of St. Dorothy - They run St. Dorothy Academy and staff St. Patrick School, both on Staten Island (2009).
  • Sisters of St. John the Baptist - The Sisters' retirement convent is located in Purchase, in which the sisters run a daycare. They also run and staff St. John Villa Academy and Elementary School and St. Roch School in Staten Island. The provincial house is located in The Bronx, where the sisters run the Providence Rest Nursing Home and St. Dominic School. The sisters formerly ministered at Our Lady of Loretto (1921–1978) and St. James (1942–2002), both located in Manhattan (2009).
  • Sisters of St. Ursula - The Sisters established the now-closed Academy of St. Ursula in Kingston, and Notre Dame School in Manhattan. Three sisters minister at Notre Dame (2007).
  • Missionary Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate - Also known as the Pallotine Sisters, their motherhouse is located in Harriman and they run St. Patrick Villa, also in Harriman (2009) They formerly served at Immaculate Conception School (Gun Hill Road) in the Bronx until the 1970s.
  • Society of Helpers - Formerly known as the Society of Helpers of the Holy Souls, they minister in Manhattan (2009).
  • Society of the Holy Child Jesus - They run the School of the Holy Child in Rye, and the Cornelia Connelly Education Center in Manhattan (2009).
  • Ursulines - Founded and operate The Academy of Mount St. Ursula, in the Bronx which is the oldest, continually operating, all girls school in New York State. They also run The Ursuline School in New Rochelle.

Religious orders no longer operating in the archdiocese

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  • Assumptionist Fathers - The Fathers were entrusted with the care of the Church of Our Lady of Esperanza, on the Upper West Side, and the Church of Our Lady of Guadelupe, on 14th Street, which was the first church established (1914) in the Archdiocese to serve the Spanish-speaking. The provincial house was also located in New York City. However, by 1998, the fathers had handed the churches back over to the archdiocese and the provincial house had moved to Massachusetts.
  • Benedictine Monks - Monks from Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota came in 1891 to serve the German community of the Bronx. For this, they established and administered two parishes. One, St. Anselm Parish, was located in the South Bronx. The other, St. Benedict Parish, was located in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx.
  • Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick - The sisters had their motherhouse, Vista Maria, located in Cragsmoor, New York. The order was founded in the 1930s and disbanded in 1976. Some members joined other religious orders, including the Sisters of Charity of New York.
  • Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville - The Sisters, whose motherhouse is located in Amityville, New York, ran the St. Joseph Sanitarium in Forestburgh in Sullivan County, which was the summer retreat of Cardinal Patrick Hayes. The facility closed in 1970. They also staffed parochial schools in Manhattan.[35]
  • Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary - The sisters, whose motherhouse is located in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, came to the archdiocese to staff parochial schools. Among the schools they formerly staffed are Corpus Christi in Manhattan.
  • Fathers of Mercy founded the parish of St. Vincent de Paul Church (Manhattan) in 1841 for French-speaking Catholics.[36] Around 1931, they purchased the Butterfield mansion, "Craigside", in Cold Spring, New York and established St. Joseph Novitiate. Both the parish and novitiate were later closed.
  • Marianites of Holy Cross - The Sisters ministered in healthcare and education, sponsoring St. Vincent de Paul Academy in Tarrytown, St. Louis Academy in Staten Island and the French Hospital in Manhattan.
  • Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart - The Sisters ran St. Pascal Day Nursery in Manhattan, and the Mount Mongola summer camp in Ellenville. The novitiate in Manhattan, New York closed in 1964. They also had convents located on Staten Island.
  • Religious of Jesus and Mary - In 1911, the novitiate was in (Highland Mills) before being transferred to Kingsbridge. The Sisters have served at St. John's Parish and School in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx for 100 years. They had a convent on Godwin Terrace opposite the original school building. They also conducted the Bethany Retreat and Spiritual Center in Highland Mills. As of 2021, the congregation is active in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.[37]
  • Sisters of Bon Secours - A group of nursing Sisters, their convent was located at 1195 Lexington Avenue from 1885 until 1947, when they returned to their motherhouse in France. Today, however, a major medical chain established by the Sisters of this same congregation out of the Boston area run several previously-Catholic hospitals.
  • Sisters of Our Lady of Charity - Their primary apostolate was to work with women in need. They ran St. Andrew's Retreat House in Walden until 2006.
  • Sisters of the Cenacle - The sisters, whose main focus was to run retreats for women to recollection and prayer, established a convent on Riverside Drive in 1893 and moved to Mount Kisco in 1956. The order later sold their land and left the archdiocese.
  • Sisters of the Visitation - The Visitation Sisters had a monastery in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Due to declining vocations, the monastery closed and most sisters moved to the Visitation Monastery in Brooklyn.
  • Sulpician Fathers - The Fathers staffed St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers from 1896 to 1906.
  • Xaverian Brothers - The Brothers came to the archdiocese in 1940 and helped staffed Cardinal Hayes High School, Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Manhattan, Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains and Mount Loretto on Staten Island.
  • Sisters of St. Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin: Their headquarters, Immaculate Conception Motherhouse, was located in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The community developed from the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia when Father John C. Drumgoole requested some sisters to help him run the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto in Staten Island, one of the largest child care facilities in the city. The New York branch became an independent congregation in 1893.[38] Mount St. Clare Novitiate was located in (New Hamburg, New York). They used to run St. Clare Academy in Hastings-on-Hudson, and St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York. They merged in 2004 with the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse and others to form the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities.
  • Sisters of Reparation of the Congregation of Mary also known as the "Sisters of St. Zita" - Founded on West 14th Street in Manhattan, the Sisters were founded to work with young women in domestic service. They later established St. Zita's Villa, a nursing home, in Monsey in 1938. The last member of the congregation died in 2020.

Seminaries and novitiates run by religious orders

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Novitiates

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  • Mount St. Florence Novitiate (Peekskill) - Run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd; operated from 1874 to 1986.
  • Mount St. Joseph Novitiate (Peekskill) - Run by the Missionary Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis; operated from 1870 to 1975.
  • Our Lady of Providence Novitiate (Chappaqua) - Run by the Helpers of the Holy Souls; operated from 1930 to 1973.
  • St. Stanislaus Novitiate (Yonkers) - Run by the Society of Jesus; operated from 1917 to 1923.
  • Ursuline Novitiate (Beacon) - Run by the Ursuline Sisters; closed ca. 1980.
  • Ursuline Novitiate (Middletown) - Run by the Ursuline Sisters.

Seminaries

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Locations of former convents/brothers' residences

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Years in parentheses are the last known date active for the organization:

References

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  1. ^ Tagaste Monastery, OAR
  2. ^ "Historic District of New York", Brothers of the Christian Schools (DENA)
  3. ^ Brothers of the Christian Schools, District of Eastern North America
  4. ^ "Pastoral Ministries", Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
  5. ^ St. Francis Friends of the Poor
  6. ^ "Where we serve", IC Province
  7. ^ The Hudson House
  8. ^ Marist Brothers Center, Esopus
  9. ^ Maryknoll
  10. ^ Capuchin Friars of the Province of St. Mary
  11. ^ St. Paul the Apostle Church
  12. ^ "Where we serve", Paulist Fathers
  13. ^ Church of the Immaculate Conception, 150th Street Bronx, NY
  14. ^ "Where we serve", Salesians
  15. ^ "Locations", Scalabrinian Missionaries
  16. ^ "Convents/Facilities", Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm
  17. ^ CND Schools and Colleges, CND
  18. ^ "Pauline Books and Media Locations", Pauline
  19. ^ Carmel of the Incarnation, Beacon, NY
  20. ^ "Ministry", Sisters of St. Dominic of Blauvelt
  21. ^ Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne
  22. ^ "Our History", Dominican Sisters of Hope
  23. ^ "Ministries", Dominican Sisters of Sparkhill
  24. ^ Corpus Christi Monastery
  25. ^ Cardinal Hayes Home
  26. ^ "Pastoral staff", St. Anthony of Padua Church
  27. ^ "USA", Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement
  28. ^ "Where we work in the US", Little Sisters of the Assumption
  29. ^ Maryknoll Sisters
  30. ^ Pietrafesa, Dan. "Missionary Sisters Celebrate 100 Years in New York City", Catholic New York, October 23, 2019
  31. ^ Woods, John. "Two Communities of Sisters Share Faith, and a Monastery", Catholic New York, February 6, 2014
  32. ^ Caulfield, Brian. "Sacred Space", Catholic New York, November 12, 1998
  33. ^ Margaret M. McGuinness, Neighbors and Missionaries: A History of the Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine (Fordham University Press, 2012)
  34. ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (January 15, 2016). "New York to Gain 30 Acres of Parkland From Catholic Nuns". The New York Times.
  35. ^ Conway, John. "Nuns Ran a successful Sanitarium", Times Herald-Record, December 15, 2010
  36. ^ "Rev. Annet Lafont", The Manhattan and de la Salle Monthly, New York Catholic Protectory, February 1875, p. 4Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  37. ^ EJM, US Province
  38. ^ McCarthy, Thomas P., Guide to the Catholic Sisterhoods in the United States, Fifth Edition, CUA Press, 2002, p. 272ISBN 9780813213125
  39. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2009-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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