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The Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan trace their origin to Holy Cross Convent in Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, a convent established in 1233. [6]In 1853 four Sisters from this convent were sent to New York in response to a request for Sisters to provide religious education for German immigrant children.
Initially housed at the Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters, which was converted from its previous use as a hospital to house the school and dormitory, [5] the school received only six students on its first day of classes, far fewer than the fifteen nuns certified as teachers. However, more students enrolled over the next several weeks, and ...
Adrian, MI: Adrian Dominican Motherhouse-Holy Rosary Chapel (1908) [11] Battle Creek, MI: St. Philip's Church Detroit, MI: Chapel St. Francis Home for Boys
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“Seeds of Change: A History of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1962-1986” covers the significant years of change in the congregation.
Sister Elisabeth Nguyen, O.P., transferred her vows from the Vietnamese Dominican Sisters of Phu Cuong in BienHoa to the Adrian-based congregation.
Dominican University of California in San Rafael, California (since 1890) Corpus Christi Monastery in New York City (since 1891) Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois (since 1901) Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. (since 1905) Saint Agnes Academy in Houston (since 1906) Blessed Sacrament Church in Seattle (since 1908)
Associates are women and men at least 18 years of age who feel called to the Dominican charism, or spirit, and who make a nonvowed commitment to associate themselves with the Adrian Dominican ...