Though the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor are celebrating the completion of the construction of their Motherhouse, they are already near capacity, with 17 new sisters entering at the end of this week. The community has grown from four sisters to 99 in less than 13 years and shows no signs of slowing down.
The community of sisters, which has an average age of 26, was founded in 1997 by four Dominican sisters responding to John Paul IIs call for a new evangelization.
Though their primary apostolate is Christian education, they are open to other areas of evangelization as well, a fact evidenced by their new catechetical show on EWTN called Truth in the Heart, the multiple summer catechesis camps they host each year and their frequent vocation talks.
CNA recently spoke with the sisters vocations director, Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz, OP, who credited the communitys tremendous growth to Gods goodness and mercy in providing spiritual mothers for the world. She also pointed to the example of John Paul II who embraced all the world and gave witness to truth, joy and suffering.
Drawing Women to the Community
Spiritual motherhood is what drew Regina Rispoli, 23, to Ann Arbor, Michigan from her home in Florida. She described the sisters as not only caring for the physical needs of Gods children but their spiritual well-being as well.
