Dominican Devotion to the Saints of our Order
“The nuns should foster genuine devotion and veneration for St. Dominic, the mirror of our life, and for the saints of the Order, so that they may be inspired to imitate them and be strengthened in the spirit of their vocation.”
– The Constitutions of the Nuns of the Order of Preachers.
As nuns of the Order of Preachers, we have Saints for our Father, Sisters, and Brothers! In all our needs what help do we not find in their prayers and protection.
Therefore do we read their lives with particular interest and keep the remembrance of their virtues in the depths of our hearts, in order to imitate them. We desire to follow in the paths that they have opened and to obtain this grace we often recommend ourselves to them with special devotion. We also endeavor not to allow a single day to pass without having recourse by some short prayer or invocation, to the Patron Saint whose name we bear in religion.
How dear to us are their feasts. Saint Pius V, Saint Peter Martyr, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Antoninus, Blessed Henry Suso; what memories, what illustrious names! And our other beloved Saints: the innocent virgin Imelda, the seraphic Catherine of Siena, the amiable Rose of Lima, the gentle and tender Agnes, the mystical and compassionate Catherine de Ricci. What emotions do not these and so many other feasts awaken in our hearts! What happiness to have been admitted into a family that can count so many generous souls. - adapted from our Perpetual Rosary Custom Book
