Our History

Established in 1997 in Response to John Paul II's Call for the Renewal of Religious Life

In 1996, Pope John Paul II’s summons for the New Evangelization inspired our four Dominican foundresses to undertake a new initiative -- to seek God’s pledge of future glory for the purpose of establishing a new religious community, committed to the Church's mission of Catholic education and other forms of evangelization. On February 9, 1997, John Cardinal O’Connor recognized our desire to develop a new institute of consecrated life and established us as a Public Association of Christ’s Faithful in the Archdiocese of New York.

Our community’s name, the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, exemplifies our spirituality: devotion to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist and total filial entrustment to Mary, the Mother of God. Our results have been astounding and the growth exponential as young women have responded from all over the United States and abroad to our community’s unique charism and vision.

Shortly after our canonical establishment, we accepted an invitation from Bishop Carl F. Mengeling to teach in the Diocese of Lansing and soon gratefully accepted the opportunity to administer and staff the Spiritus Sanctus Academies located in Ann Arbor, MI.

In 2006, the community again pledged itself to Catholic education through the creation of two teaching missions in Arizona and South Carolina. In the fall of 2007, the community created two additional teaching missions, one in California and one in Florida. 2009 saw the founding of two new missions in Texas, one in Austin and another in Buda. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of Eucharist are now spreading the radical witness of a life lived wholly for Christ quite literally from north to south and coast to coast!