Sr. Maria Cabrini’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations
This year we celebrated the golden jubilee of Sr. Maria Cabrini. It has been 50 years since she made her first vows, and since then she has served our community in many ways, including as novice mistress and as prioress. Bishop Gregory Kelly visited us to celebrate the golden jubilee mass. The novices from the…
Columbus Day Celebrations
This year’s Columbus day celebrations included drives in our new golf carts, fun with bubbles, and lots of games. We began the day by pledging alegiance to the flag and singing some patriotic songs. Then some of the nuns piled into our golf carts for a drive around our grounds. Thanks to the Knight of…
A Prioress Feast Day in the Wilderness
This year, we celebrated our prioress Sr. Mary Rose’s feast day with a camping theme. The day began with us singing to her to the tune of “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain.” Then we performed a skit about special Dominican saints going out to found a “Monastery in the Wilderness”. St. Margaret of Hungary…
Sr. Maria Cabrini’s Golden Jubilee Mass
On Saturday, August 15, the Monastery of the Infant Jesus will celebrate a Golden Jubilee mass for our Sister Maria Cabrini. All our welcome to the 10:00 a.m. mass.
Fourth of July Adventures at the Monastery
Every year we celebrate the Fourth of July with a day of food, fun, and festivities. This year a special gift added to our patriotic celebrations. The day began with the Pledge of Allegiance and patriotic songs around the flagpole. Even the angel got into a patriotic mood. We got dressed up to celebrate the…
Mission Rosaries for the Beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen
The monastery has worked very hard to make 1,000 mission rosaries for the beatification ceremony of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. The beatification will take place on September 24 in St. Louis, MO, and organizers have called on the faithful to make rosaries for those participating in the celebrations. It’s particularly fitting that they be mission rosaries,…
A Visit with the Promoter of Nuns, Fr. Cristobal Torres Iglesias
We were recently blessed with a visit from the Dominican Promoter of Nuns, Fr. Cristobal Torres Iglesias, O.P. In his role as the promoter, his job is to liase between the nuns and greater Dominican order. He lets the Master General know what’s going on with the nuns and gives us the help we need,…
A Spiritual Retreat with Fr. Don Georgen, O.P.
This May we were blessed to have Fr. Don Goergen, O.P., give us a retreat on Dominican spirituality. Fr. Don Georgen, O.P. This year for our annual retreat we invited Fr. Don Georgen, a Dominican friar of the Central Province, to give us some conferences. Right now he’s the chaplain at our sister Dominican Monastery…
May Crowing for the Queen of Heaven
Every year for the entire month of May we have a daily procession out to our statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We sing the litany and pray for her intercession. At the end of the month, we have a special May crowning, in which we crown Mary with a fresh floral crown and sing…
Rest in Peace, Sr. Martin Marie
Sr. Martin Marie of the Eucharist, O.P. (Carolyn Mill) was born on March 28, 1946, in Philadelphia, PA. She studied psychology, reflexology, and homeopathic medicine, and also worked as a prep and short order cook at Howard Johnson’s. After she converted to Catholicism in 1976, she joined the Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary, Monastery…
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