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Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist

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Postulants wearing vests, novices in the white veils, and professed sisters in the black veils, at the back
In 1996 Pope John Paul II�s summons for the �new evangelization� inspired four Dominican women religious to undertake a new initiative. On February 9, 1997, John Cardinal O�Connor recognized their wish to develop a new form of consecrated life and established them as a Public Association of Christ�s Faithful in the Archdiocese of New York. To signal the new community�s devotional emphasis, the Community is named �The Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist.�

Through the profession of the evangelical counsels, our community seeks to embody the graces of the New Evangelization which Pope John Paul II announced as "the prelude to a new springtime in the Church." The spiritual identity of our fraternal life lived in community is shaped by Dominican spirituality with an emphasis on Eucharistic adoration and Marian devotion.

The apostolic dimension of the new institute takes its bearing from the Holy Father's call for a New Evangelization. We initially plan to engage in the work of Catholic education, but remain open to embrace other means of evangelization.

We administer and teach in small Catholic schools of 80-100 students, called Spiritus Sanctus Academies. These make use of the multi-age classroom approach. The Chapel is the center of school life. The Sisters strive to introduce our students into a filial love for the Mother of all Christians and instruct them about the meaning of the Blessed Eucharist. Along with the spiritual formation, the Sisters also hold high expectations regarding the academic excellence of the schools. We are most interested in the spiritual, intellectual, and physical development of each child. We currently have four schools in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area, as well as two locations in Honduras.

We also engage in offering spiritual retreats for women. These include special times, focused on the Eucharist and Marian devotion, for students, and for married and single women. This gives them the time away from their daily concerns, to reflect on their special vocations in life and their relationship with God.

A third area of activity is our participation in spreading the Truth through evangelization and teaching. We conduct religious instruction for homeschooled high-school teenagers. Also, we engage college students and others to discuss and consider the Faith.

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