Monastery Updates

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/29/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/29/22

75 Years of Love for Creation

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! (Psalm 150:6)

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/22/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/22/22

75 Years of Silence

Silence should be carefully kept by the nuns especially in places and at times appointed for prayer, study and rest….

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/15/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/15/22

75 Years of Picnics!

At such gatherings the nuns should simply and cheerfully try to make themselves all things to all….

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/8/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/8/22

1947 Chronicles (17): Good Saint Joseph

It is the custom for us here in our little monastery to daily make a procession in honor of St. Joseph….

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/1/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/1/22

75 Years of Devotion to Saint Dominic

The nuns should foster genuine devotion and veneration for St. Dominic….

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/1/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 8/1/22

A Place of Silence

The nuns should make of their house, and especially of their hearts, a place of silence….

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/25/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/25/22

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….

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/18/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/18/22

1947 Chronicles (16): Rosary Pilgrimage

“The first October Pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary was attended by about fifteen hundred people….”

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/18/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/18/22

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….

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/11/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/11/22

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….

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/4/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/4/22

75 Years of Love of Country

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

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/4/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 7/4/22

Poverty, Chastity, Obedience

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

Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 6/27/22 Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. 6/27/22

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…