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Dominican Nuns Bronx, New York
"By the labor of your hands you shall eat." The Dominican nun sees
her work not as mere labor but as a means of building up the Church
and serving her sisters. The monastery helps to support itself by
distributing communion hosts to churches. Through donations,
benefactors contribute and collaborate in the life of the nuns.
Sisters work in various jobs of service in the monastery, from the prioress (superior) who oversees the spiritual and material needs of the community, to the novice mistress, who trains young sisters, to the sacristan who prepares for the liturgy, and to the extern (outside) sister who greets visitors and takes care of the exterior business of the monastery.
Sr. Marie, Sr. Mary of the Sacred Heart and Sr. Mary Michael work on the liturgical music for the week.
DAILY WORK
Sr. Mary Michael packs a shipment of communion
hosts.
Sr. Marie is in charge of sending out the
community's annual mailings to friends and benefactors, whose
financial support makes the life of the nuns possible.
Artist
Sr. Mary Grace
creating a painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Sr. Mary St. John, the monastery's
extern sister, exercises a ministry of hospitality to those who
visit the monastery. Sister also serves the community as an
organist.