In the heart of the Holy Preaching…in the heart of New York.
As women consecrated to be free for God alone, our vocation places us In Medio Ecclesiae, in the heart of the Church and in the heart of the Order of Preachers. Such was the desire of St. Dominic in order to emphasize in a radical way the grace of contemplation, which is the very source of the itinerant apostolic life begun by him. Rooted in God’s Word through prayer, study, community life and hospitality, we partake of the universal mission of our Order, receiving in the inmost sanctuary of the compassion of hearts the needs of the entire human family especially for the salvation of souls.
Here at Corpus Christi Monastery we have the wonderful privilege of daily Eucharistic Adoration begun each day in the very early hours of the morning and ending after Compline. Throughout the day, each sister has at least one hour in which she adores Jesus, truly present in the monstrance, carrying in her heart the many prayer intentions that come to the monastery. In a particular way we pray for the growth in holiness and numbers of the priests and seminarians of the Archdiocese New York.
Our Vocation: Free for God alone
Cooperating in the work of Redemption
The vocation of a Dominican contemplative nun places her in a unique way before the Father, interceding for the salvation of souls. “Free for God alone,” St. Dominic associated the contemplative nuns with the “holy preaching” by a life of prayer and penance. “By their hidden life they proclaim that In Christ alone is true happiness to be found, here by grace and afterwards in glory.” -Constitutions of the Nuns
“The unanimity of our life, rooted in the love of God, should furnish a living example of that reconciliation of all things in Christ which our brethren proclaim in their preaching of the Word. ”
— Constitutions of the Nuns of the Order of the Preachers
“O Lord, I love your house, the place where your glory abides.”