In the Latin Church, the [pipe] organ is to be held in high esteem….

About this time, a few curious incidents occurred….

Rejoicing that they can fulfill the design of the Creator and be associated with the work of the Redeemer, the nuns should readily give themselves to work….

Persevering in prayer with Mary the Mother of Jesus, the nuns ardently long for the fullness of the Holy Spirit….

“On the twenty-fifth, the last Sunday of May, the first public pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady was held….”

Even as a child, our foundress, Mother Mary of Jesus Crucified, had such a tender love for the Blessed Virgin Mary that she preferred carrying a statue of Our Lady to a baby doll….

As has always been the custom in the Order, the nuns should love and reverence the Blessed Mary….

“Sister Irene received the name of Sister Mary Martin of Jesus Crucified….”

The light and source of our study is God….

The habit of the nuns is a sign of their consecration and a witness to poverty….

The nuns should keep before their eyes by day and by night Christ the Lord…

“Reverend Mother with her two assistants, who wore white aprons, began to wash and kiss the feet of all the Sisters, beginning with the oldest…”

The solemn celebration of the liturgy is the heart of our whole life and the chief source of its unity…

Reflection by a sister of the monastery - “Why wait to offer yourself to the cleansing power of divine love?”

“Mr. Fusco and his men held their breath for fear that the barns would collapse….”

Mutual understanding and sisterly communion are fostered by various forms of recreation….

“Bishop O’Brien made a tour of the monastery with Reverend Mother and two of the Sisters. When he returned, he laughingly announced that he did not care to buy the place…”

Let the nuns share gratefully the riches of their prayers and merits with the benefactors who share with them their own spiritual and temporal resources….

Reflection by a sister of the monastery - “Every Dominican nun knows that work can be a source of joy because joy is an effect of love….”

The perseverance and skill which work requires and the benefits it brings foster mental equilibrium and the formation and development of personality….