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Religious life is a gift
of God's steadfast love
to the Church, to the world.
May those the Spirit calls
to belong exclusively to Christ
receive this gift with quiet greatness
and simple trust,
echoing our Lady's noble
yes to the Father
that God may be all in all.
We, the Dominican Sisters of the
Perpetual Rosary, are a cloistered,
contemplative, diocesan, institute of
consecrated life in the Church. Called
by God, we strive to live the gift of
our religious life following the
monastic tradition of silence and
solitude in a communal setting, bearing
witness to the presence of Christ's love
in the midst of His people. We
consecrate ourselves to God by vows of
poverty, chastity, and obedience.
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Founded
in 1880, at Calais in France, by Damien
Saintourens, O.P., then Director of the
Association of the Perpetual Rosary for
the Dominican Province of France, the
Sisters were to pray for the missions,
for the preaching of the Dominican
Fathers, and serve as a foundation and
administrative center for the Perpetual
Rosary movement.
In 1890, four Sisters established the
first Perpetual Rosary Community in
Hoboken (now Union City), New Jersey.
Our Milwaukee community was founded in
1897, by six Sisters from that monastery
led by Mother Mary of the Rosary Garnier,
O.P., one of the first postulants of the
institute.
Way of Life
As cloistered, contemplative members of
the Order of Preachers, we are called to
proclaim the Gospel by our way of life.
We live in the mystery of the Word who
is the Truth. The Liturgy of the
Eucharist, the center of each day, is
prolonged through the Liturgy of Hours
celebrated at appointed intervals. Each
Sister also has at least one hour during
the day for private prayer, along with
time for study, spiritual reading, work,
and communal recreation. Day and night,
hour by hour, we succeed one another,
praying the Rosary in the presence of
the Blessed Sacrament and in the company
of Mary who kept all these things and
pondered them in her heart (Lk 2:19).
Our apostolate, intercessory prayer and
contemplation of the mysteries of the
Rosary, the mysteries of our salvation,
serves the Order of Preachers and the
whole Church.
Vocation and Formation
Aspirancy. An optional two- to six-week
experience of the life
Postulancy. Six-month initiation into
contemplative Dominican religious life
Novitiate. A full year of preparation
for first profession of the evangelical
counsels
Temporary Profession. Three years living
and working within the community
Perpetual Profession. Unconditional
commitment to God in our community for
life
If you are interested...
We welcome inquiries about our community
from any Catholic woman who sincerely
desires to consecrate herself to God
through the evangelical counsels and a
life of contemplative prayer. We ask
each candidate to be in good mental and
physical health, complete two years of
school or work experience beyond high
school, and submit recommendations from
her pastor or spiritual director and at
least two other persons who know her
well.
For further information please write,
call, or send e-mail to:
Vocation Director
Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual
Rosary
217 N 68th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53213-3928
414-258-0579
opvocdir@mindspring.com |
