Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary

The Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary were founded in 1880 in Calais, France, by Fr. Damien-Marie Saintourens, O.P., and Mother Rose of Saint Mary Werhle, O.P. Mother Mary Imelda Gauthier, O.P. The nuns of the Order of Preachers, known as Dominican came into being when St. Dominic Guzman gathered Albigensian women converts to the Catholic Faith in the monastery of Blessed Mary of Prouille, France in 1206. This occurred ten years before his Friars Preachers were approved in 1216 by Pope Honorius III. These nine women, free for God alone, Dominic associated with his "holy preaching" by their prayer and penance. He entrusted them as part of the same apostolic Order to the fraternal concern of his sons. (LCM) The Order of Friars Preachers is known from the beginning to have been institute

Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary

The Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary were founded in 1880 in Calais, France, by Fr. Damien-Marie Saintourens, O.P., and Mother Rose of Saint Mary Werhle, O.P. Mother Mary Imelda Gauthier, O.P. The nuns of the Order of Preachers, known as Dominican came into being when St. Dominic Guzman gathered Albigensian women converts to the Catholic Faith in the monastery of Blessed Mary of Prouille, France in 1206. This occurred ten years before his Friars Preachers were approved in 1216 by Pope Honorius III. These nine women, free for God alone, Dominic associated with his "holy preaching" by their prayer and penance. He entrusted them as part of the same apostolic Order to the fraternal concern of his sons. (LCM) The Order of Friars Preachers is known from the beginning to have been institute