Adrian Dominican Sisters
| Abbreviation | OP |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1923; 1944 (pontifical status) |
| Type | religious institute |
| Headquarters | Adrian, Michigan, U.S. |
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Region served
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30 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada, Dominican Republic, the Philippines, |
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Membership
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649 (as of 2017) |
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Prioress
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Patricia Siemen, OP |
| Website | http://www.adriandominicans.org/ |
The Adrian Dominican Sisters are a Catholic religious institute of Dominican sisters in the United States. Their motherhouse is in Adrian, Michigan. Their official title is the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary.
The congregation serves in ministries of education, healthcare and social service and the other ministries that have developed from them. Adrian Dominicans serve in these ministries in 23 US states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, the Philippines, and Norway.
The Adrian Dominican Sisters have an Associate Life program consisting of women and men who make a non-vowed commitment to the Congregation, sharing in the mission and vision of the vowed members and in the Dominican sppirituality. The Congregation sponsors two universities, two hospitals in the Dignity Health system, an elementary school, a high school, and seven literacy centers.
The Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan trace their origin to Holy Cross Convent in Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, a convent established in 1233.
In 1853 four Sisters from this convent were sent to New York in response to a request for Sisters to provide religious education for German immigrant children. These Sisters settled on Second Street in the Williamsburg section of New York City. This original foundation eventually became known as the Amityville Dominicans. In 1869, however, a separate and independent foundation was established at Newburgh, New York. From this congregation Sisters were sent to St. Mary Parish (1879) and St. Joseph Parish (1880) in Adrian, Michigan.
In 1884 additional Sisters were sent to Adrian to establish a hospital for injured railroad workers. Adrian became a province of the Newburgh Congregation, with Camilla Madden as the Mother Provincial. As the need for the hospital diminished, Mother Camilla turned to education and opened St. Joseph Academy in 1896. Students came in large numbers to this boarding school and the province grew rapidly with new members. At the same time the congregation was called upon to staff other schools in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, and New Mexico.
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