A community of Cloistered Dominican Nuns with Solemn Vows, Papal Enclosure and Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, following the Rule of Saint Augustine and the Constitutions of the Nuns of the Order of Preachers, we live a hidden sacrificial life of faith, adoration and charity at the heart of the Dominican Order.
Read MoreCorpus Christi Monastery is the oldest Dominican monastery in the United States, a 125 year old branch of the first monastery of nuns founded by St. Dominic de Guzman in Prouilhe, France, in 1206. Our vocation places us In Medio Ecclesiae, in the heart of the Church, the heart of the Order.
Read MoreThe nuns are consecrated to God by public vows through profession of the evangelical counsels. Our monastery observes the norms of the purely contemplative life, by maintaining our withdrawal from the world by enclosure and silence, through work and study, prayer and penance, while pursuing communion through the Dominican form of government.
Read MoreThe whole life of the Dominican Cloistered nuns is harmoniously ordered to the continual remembrance of God. Called by the Lord, we strive to have the same mind as Christ Jesus through the daily celebration of the Eucharist, and the Divine Office.
Read MoreOur life, as nuns of the Order of Preachers, is centered on prayer. This includes communal prayer, through daily Mass and the solemn chanting of the Liturgy of the Hours, and times of quiet prayer given to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the rosary and lectio divina.
Read MoreConsecrated to a life of prayer and praise, we cloistered Dominican nuns share in the redemptive work of Christ in the heart of the Order of Preachers. Our primary mission is to pray for the salvation of souls, and to support the preaching mission of the Dominican friars.
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