Good Soil for the Word
Recently one of our chaplains gave a homily on the parable of the sower, in which the good soil receives the seed of the Word of God and produces fruit a hundredfold. “The good soil didn’t become good...
View ArticleOpening the Year of Faith
“Today, Venerable Brethren, is a day of joy for Mother Church: through God’s most kindly providence the longed-for day has dawned for the solemn opening of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, here...
View ArticleNovena for Pro Orantibus Day
Today begins the novena for the feast of Our Lady’s Presentation, designated in 1997 by Bl. John Paul II as Pro Orantibus Day, “For Those Who Pray,” in remembrance of those who lead a cloistered,...
View ArticleSt. Clement I
Pope St. Clement I was a disciple of St. Peter the Apostle and his third successor. He is the same Clement that St. Paul mentions in one of his letters. His teaching and writings won so many converts...
View ArticleSister Nicole Receives the Habit
The Dominican Nuns joyfully announce the vestition of their postulant, Sister Nicole, on November 21, feast of the Presentation of Our Lady. In a simple ceremony marking the beginning of her canonical...
View ArticleVocation Letters: Contemplative? Active?
The following is a letter to a fictional young woman discerning a Dominican monastic vocation. It is the first in a series which will accompany her discernment and formation. The name of the Novice...
View ArticleChristmas Newsletter
Blessed Christmas! To read our Christmas Newsletter (PDF), click the image to the left. Our prayers and best wishes for a joyful Christmas season in celebration of Christ’s birth.
View ArticleVocation Letters: Why Cloistered Dominicans?
The following is a letter to a fictional young woman discerning a Dominican monastic vocation. It is the second in a series of Vocation Letters which will accompany her discernment and formation. Ave...
View ArticleWorld Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life
This past Saturday, February 2nd, we celebrated the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, remembering St. Joseph and Our Lady’s obedience to the law of Moses. From the beginning of time,...
View ArticleReparation Prayer for Lent
During this Lent we pray especially with gratitude for our Holy Father, Benedict XVI, and implore the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the upcoming election of his successor. We also hold in prayer the...
View ArticleEaster Greetings
Alleluia! This is the day the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it! Alleluia, alleluia! Joyful and blessed Easter greetings from Mother Mary Joseph, O.P. and all the Sisters. We rejoice in...
View ArticleVocation Letters: Visiting a Cloister
This installment in our fictional Vocation Letter series is from Melanie to her older sister Clare. JMJ Dear Clare, Thank you for your prayers during my latest vocation visit, to the Dominican Nuns in...
View ArticleSt. Agnes of Montepulciano
Her Story Agnes was born in the little town of Graciano Vecchio in Tuscany in 1268. Drawn to a life of intimate prayer even from her infancy, she was 9 years old when her parents finally allowed her to...
View ArticleConsecration of the Dominican Order to Mary
Today, May 8, we celebrate the feast of the Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary over the entire Order of Preachers. “From the events surrounding the beginning of our Order many reasons can be adduced...
View ArticleVocation Letters: Living the Total Consecration
The following letter in our fictional Vocation Letter series speaks of the role of Marian Consecration in our vocation as cloistered Dominican Nuns at Marbury. Ave + Maria Dear Melanie, Prayerful...
View ArticlePrayers for the Month of the Sacred Heart
Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus This Novena may be used as a preparation for the First Friday of the Month. It also may be prayed very profoundly during one’s thanksgiving after receiving Our Lord...
View ArticleVocation Retreat – July 26-28, 2013
Today begins the month of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, shed to purchase for God men of every tribe and tongue, every people and nation, as we sang in this morning’s Officium (the name for the...
View ArticleVocation Letters: Helping Parents Understand
This following installment in our fictional Vocation Letter series touches on some difficulties parents may face in understanding and accepting their daughter’s vocation to the cloistered life. Some...
View ArticleSt. Dominic’s Feastday Newsletter 2013
Joyful greetings from Mother Mary Joseph, O.P. and Sisters for the feast of our Holy Father Saint Dominic. Be assured of our prayers for all of you on this feast and throughout the year. Our summer...
View ArticleVocation Letters: The Best Time To Enter
Part of our series of “Vocation Letters” to a fictional young woman discerning religious life, the following letter considers the appropriate time to enter religious life, and the difference between...
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