A Day in the Life of a Dominican Sister

The daily life of a Dominican Sister is marked by the balance of prayer and work, silence and students, laughter and quiet acts of community kindness. It is a simple life devoted to furthering the kingdom of God within each of us and throughout the world.

Sister Marie Genevieve, O.P.

Characteristics of the Dominican Charism:

• Contemplative Focus • Active Apostolate • Strong Community Life

Daily Schedule

The Sisters’ silence and prayer in the morning entrust their students and their teaching to God’s grace.

Daily Mass in the Chapel of St. Francis de Sales provides the encounter and the grace that sustains the daily life of the Sisters and the faculty, staff, and students.

Between classes, the Sisters serve

Christ in their interaction with the students.

The day’s needs are brought to prayer in the evening Rosary and Vespers that precede dinner.

Sisters spend recreational time together in the convent and around campus. They enjoy going for walks, playing music together as a community, reading, crafting, and sometimes playing games.

The day and all it held are offered back to God and entrusted to Mary’s motherly prayers as the Sisters pray Compline and chant the Salve Regina in procession.