
Monastery Updates
A Place of Silence
The nuns should make of their house, and especially of their hearts, a place of silence….
75 Years of Obedience
Obedience, by which we ‘conquer the deepest part of ourselves,’ aids greatly in attaining that interior liberty which belongs to the children of God….
1947 Chronicles (16): Rosary Pilgrimage
“The first October Pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary was attended by about fifteen hundred people….”
75 Years of Chastity
In the common life of the religious family to which they are united in a closer bond through chastity, they should cultivate sisterly affection and serene friendship….
75 Years of Poverty
The spirit of poverty impels us, with lively confidence in the Lord, to place our treasure in the kingdom of God and his righteousness….
75 Years of Love of Country
“Man is debtor chiefly to his parents and his country, after God….”
Poverty, Chastity, Obedience
The vowed religious should be considered not just a sacrifice to God, but a holocaust….
1947 Chronicles (15): Dedication of the Barn Chapel
His Excellency told us that when he had first visited us in February to cloister us, he had been very much disheartened. In fact, he admitted that our poor living conditions had prevented him from sleeping for a few nights…
75 Years in the Kitchen
No one shall perform any task for her own benefit but all your work shall be done for the common good….
75 Years of Enclosure
By withdrawal from the world, in fact and in spirit, the nuns, like prudent virgins waiting for their Lord, are freed from worldly affairs…
75 Years of Dominican Friars
Our holy Father Saint Dominic…constantly showed a father's love and care for these nuns…
1947 Chronicles (14 ): A Summer of Blessings
Minor miracles are being performed in the print shop….
75 years of Dominican Governance
The nuns seek God by…pursuing communion through their manner of government….
75 years of Baseball!
Mutual understanding and sisterly communion are fostered by various forms of recreation….
75 Years of Organ Music
In the Latin Church, the [pipe] organ is to be held in high esteem….
1947 Chronicles (13 ): A Fence and Some Fresh Air
About this time, a few curious incidents occurred….
75 Years of Gardening
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….
75 Years of Fatima Pilgrimages
Persevering in prayer with Mary the Mother of Jesus, the nuns ardently long for the fullness of the Holy Spirit….
1947 Chronicles (12): Rosaries & Renovations
“On the twenty-fifth, the last Sunday of May, the first public pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady was held….”