Federation of Our Lady of the Rosary
Monasteries of Nuns of the Order of Preachers (Dominican Nuns)
Founded in 2019 in response to the requirements of Cor Orans, the Federation of Our Lady of the Rosary supports its autonomous member monasteries in living out the Dominican contemplative life.
Dominican Nuns
“The nuns of the Order of Preachers came into being when our holy Father Dominic gathered women converts to the Catholic faith in the monastery of Blessed Mary of Prouille. These women, free for God alone, he associated with his ‘holy preaching’ by their prayer and penance. . . . As the Lord Jesus, the Savior of all, offered himself completely for our salvation, they consider themselves to be truly his members primarily when they are spending themselves totally for souls.”
“The nuns seek God by observing the norms of the purely contemplative life, by maintaining their withdrawal from the world by enclosure and silence, by working diligently, studying the truth eagerly, searching the Scriptures with ardent heart, praying intently, willingly practicing penance, pursuing communion through their manner of government, in purity of conscience and the joy of sisterly concord, ‘in freedom of spirit.’”
-The Constitutions of the Nuns of the Order of Preachers
Member Monasteries
LInden, Virginia
St. Dominic’s Monastery
West Springfield, Massachusetts
Monastery of the Mother of God
Marbury, Alabama
Dominican Monastery of St. Jude
North Guilford, Connecticut
Monastery of Our Lady of Grace
Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary
For more information about this monastery, formerly of Buffalo, NY/Heath, OH:
Contact:
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For questions about Dominican vocations or individual monasteries, please contact the respective monasteries via their websites.
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