Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary

The Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary were founded in 1880 in Calais, France, by Fr. Damien-Marie Saintourens, O.P., and Mother Rose of Saint Mary Werhle, O.P. Mother Mary Imelda Gauthier, O.P.

The nuns of the Order of Preachers, known as Dominican came into being when St. Dominic Guzman gathered Albigensian women converts to the Catholic Faith in the monastery of Blessed Mary of Prouille, France in 1206. This occurred ten years before his Friars Preachers were approved in 1216 by Pope Honorius III. These nine women, free for God alone, Dominic associated with his "holy preaching" by their prayer and penance. He entrusted them as part of the same apostolic Order to the fraternal concern of his sons. (LCM) The Order of Friars Preachers is known from the beginning to have been instituted especially for worldwide preaching and salvation of souls.[1]

The first American Perpetual Rosary monastery was established at the Blue Chapel, Union City, New Jersey, in 1891. In 1919, fifteen sisters led by Mother Mary Imelda Gauthier, O.P., left there to found the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in Summit, New Jersey.

The Dominican, Cloistered, Contemplative Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary monastery was founded by the one in Catonsville, Maryland (now closed). On June 10, 1925, Mother Mary of the Crown, OP, as Prioress, together with eight other Sisters began a new house in South Enola, close to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Later in 1946, the Union City Monastery sent six Sisters to help out as vocations were slow in coming, due to the remoteness of the area. Because of structural deficiencies, a new monastery was built in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1952. Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 1900


Under the direction of the Most Reverend George L. Leech, Bishop of Harrisburg, it was dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, appointing Mother Mary of the Immaculate Heart, OP as Prioress.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.opnunslancaster.org/history.asp
  2. ↑ http://www.opnunslancaster.org/history.asp

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