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Dominican nuns
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceAs well as the friars, Dominican sisters, also known as the Order of Preachers, live their lives supported by four common values, often referred to as the Four Pillars of Dominican Life, they are: community life, common prayer, study, and service. St. Dominic called this four-fold pattern of life the "holy preaching."
Notable Nuns
- St. Agnes of Montepulciano (Second Order)
- La Beata de Piedrahita (Third Order, of dubious orthodoxy)
- St. Catherine of Siena (Third Order; Doctor of the Church)
- Augusta Theodosia Drane (Third Order)
- Bl. Infanta Joana of Portugal (Second Order)
- Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (Third Order; foundress of the Hawthorne Dominican Sisters)
- St. Catherine of Ricci (Second Order)
- The Singing Nun
Dominican female orders
- Dominican Apostolic Sisters Worldwide
- Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose
- Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia
- Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, California
- Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters
- Racine Dominican Sisters
- Adrian Dominican Sisters
- Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne
- Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
- Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary
- Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
See also
External links
- Conference of U.S. Dominican Nuns
- Dominican Apostolic Sisters Worldwide
- Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois
- Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose
- Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia
- Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
- Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, California
- Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters
- Racine Dominican Sisters
- Dominican International School in Taipei, Taiwan, run by the Dominican Sisters
- Dominican Sisters of St Joseph
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