"New Traditional Dominican Order Bursting at the Seams"

Go read this great post at the Te Deum blog on the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist here in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I have had the blessing to know and study with many of the sisters personally and I can personally attest to all the amazing things that they are doing up here. Several of my classmates and friends are now postulants with the order (one of whom is in this picture: second from right, front row).

Diane, who runs the Te Deum blog, explains in her own words:

In the midst of all the negative news out there, this is truly a positivie story which could give hope to people for the future of the Church, as well as give young girls the opportunity to hear a call to this order, if they are unaware of it.

Many traditional minded young females often resort to cloisters because they are not interested in the social justice pant-suit type nunneries. But, this order offers teaching and parish work, yet is semi-contemplative. Education is a big focus of this order.

At the bottom of my post, I cover how they have now branched out to Phoenix and Hilton Head, SC at the invitation of Bishops Olmstead and Baker. [More...]

Yep, orthodoxy flourishes. But then again, we already knew that ... right?

Just look at those faces.