It should not come as a surprise that as Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist we have deep and ardent love for the most Holy Sacrament of the altar! Christ’s Eucharistic Heart is at the very center of our being. “The one thing the foundresses had in common was a deep hunger. They ached for the Eucharist, for God-with-us and within-us, and they wanted Him to be the heart of all they did . . . Quite literally, they wrote this hunger for Christ’s Body and Blood into the constitutions of the community.” (Sr. Teresa Benedicta, O.P.)

Seeking to maintain and invigorate our love for our Divine Spouse, each Dominican Sister of Mary rejoices to begin her day with a daily hour of Eucharistic Adoration and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The first Friday of every month finds us before the Divine throne for night Adoration. Our monthly “Retreat Sunday” includes a full day of Eucharistic Adoration and our weeklong yearly retreat offers the same.

The Eucharist is present, not only in the chapel of our Motherhouse, but also in the chapels of all of our mission houses. Wherever we go we always find ourselves at home because He is there.

We depend greatly on the presence of our Eucharistic Spouse to help us in our prayer and our work, and we could not live without Him. Our vocation to live the evangelical counsels for the glory of God, the salvation of souls, and the transformation of the world only arises from the graces received from His Divine Eucharistic Presence. As Pope John Paul II says, "Only through the Eucharist is it possible to live the heroic virtues of Christianity: charity, to the point of forgiving one's enemies; love for those who make us suffer; chastity in every age and situation of life; patience in suffering and when one is shocked by the silence of God in the tragedies of history or of one's own personal existence. You must always be Eucharistic souls in order to be authentic Christians.”