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In a detailed article on the preparations for the Pope’s visit to New York City, The New York Times mentions the contributions of the Nuns from Corpus Christi Monastery in the Bronx:

The Archdiocese has commissioned 530 specially engraved ciboria for the Mass, each of which will hold no more than 150 hosts. A total of […]

**UPDATED**
Of the 497 martrys of the Spanish Civil War beatified on 28 October 2007, at least 74 were associated with the Order of Preachers, mostly friars. (Although the group also included the first Dominican Cloistered Nun to be martyred, Bl. Josefina Sauleda Paulis, OP.) Below are the names of all the Dominican martyrs of the […]

Nomads no More

Last year, the Monastery of Dominican nuns in Washington, D.C., made the bold decision to erect a new monastery in Northern Virginia.  They sold their Monastery on 16th Street in Northwest Washington in preparation for building their new home.  In the meantime, the Washington nuns accepted the kind hospitality of the nuns in West Springfield, […]