Welcome to a new ‘feature’ on our web-site …
We shall call it a
‘Window into the Life of a Dominican Nun,’ in a rather loose way.
Through this ‘window,’
we hope to give you an idea of what the life of a contemplative nun of the
Order of Preachers consists in; to offer some food for thought; maybe also help
you to encounter God in a more personal way; and to help any young women who
might be discerning a vocation, to understand better who we are and whether how
we live, is how they also seek to live, for the glory of God and the salvation
of souls.
The beginning of our
Constitutions shows how we are so closely connected to our brothers and sisters
in the Dominican Family:
“… the first reason for which we are
gathered together in community
is to live in harmony, having one
mind and heart in God.
This unity transcends the
limits of the monastery and attains its fullness in
communion with the Order and with
the whole Church
of Christ
One mind and one heart
in God. It is a rare, rare gift, to live
in a community where everyone is intent on loving the Lord with every fibre of
their being, especially in a world in which He is for the most part ‘an
inconvenience’ and unwelcome. But here
we are, with like-minded and like-hearted sisters, and we each share the same
fundamental and consuming desire:
That the Lord may be
loved; and that everyone on earth might come to know Him and the immensity of
His love for them.
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