The spirit of poverty impels us, with lively confidence in the Lord, to place our treasure in the kingdom of God and his righteousness….

“Man is debtor chiefly to his parents and his country, after God….”

The vowed religious should be considered not just a sacrifice to God, but a holocaust….

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…

No one shall perform any task for her own benefit but all your work shall be done for the common good….

By withdrawal from the world, in fact and in spirit, the nuns, like prudent virgins waiting for their Lord, are freed from worldly affairs…

Our holy Father Saint Dominic…constantly showed a father's love and care for these nuns…

What is Dominican government?

Minor miracles are being performed in the print shop….

The nuns seek God by…pursuing communion through their manner of government….

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

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….