T he Sisters seek to imitate Mary’s receptivity to the love and will of God in their lives by offering their own unique “Fiat” or “Yes” to the Lord. No one was more faithful to Jesus than Mary. That is why the Sisters have taken her as their special patron in all they are and do. Marian devotion has been an integral part of the Church since her very beginning and it has guided the Dominican Order for over 800 years.  Mary continues to be the “royal road” on which  the Sisters travel to Christ.   As a community, the Sisters live out St. Louis Marie Gringon de Montfort’s spirituality of “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin”.  By offering to Mary, according to Monfort's prayer, their body and soul, their  goods both interior and exterior and even the value of all their good actions past, present and future without exception, for the greater glory of God, the Sisters' allow their whole lives to be transformed by Her love and more securely obtain their final end – Jesus Christ.

 Every morning the Sisters renew together the consecration to Mary according to the De Montfort method.  They delight in preparing for the anniversary of our consecration on the feast of the Assumption by a full 33 days of preparation.  They strive to do all their actions by Mary, with Mary, in Mary and for Mary, so that we may do them all the more perfectly by Jesus, with Jesus, in Jesus and for Jesus. 

“Truly, the consecrated life lived in its fullness is Marian, because Mary lived her life united to the Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And we want to bring that aspect of the Church to a deeper respect and understanding among young women.”  (Sr. John Dominic, O.P.)

The power of Jesus' dying words – His words spoken from the Cross - are undeniably defining to the lives of those who join Mary and John at the foot of the Cross. In total consecration to Mary, a Fiat is said to Jesus’ dying words. Thus, ultimately a radical devotion to Mary is rooted in fidelity to Christ. His last words from the Cross guided our eyes to the image of Mary “Behold your Mother”. She returns this gaze of the heart to us as He concludes: “Behold your son”.