A reader sent me a link to an ESPN video
on the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne in Atlanta and like all in their
order do great work. The Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer blog
provides the background and the video.
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne were
founded in 1900 by Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
the famed nineteenth-century American novelist. After her
conversion to Catholicism, Rose dedicated herself to caring for
incurable cancer patients on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Upon establishing her Dominican congregation, Rose took the name Mother
Alphonsa, and for over two decades she worked tirelessly for her
sisters and her patients. Rose’s remarkable life story bears
constant repetition. Her cause for canonization has been
introduced and is moving forward.
Eighty years after her death, Rose’s spiritual daughters continue to
live her charism in convents and nursing homes around the
country. As a sign of their vigor and zeal, they recently
opened a new home in Kenya.
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Thank you for that great video. It makes me cry. God Bless the Sisters for the wonderful work that they are doing in caring for these cancer patients. You bring them joy and peace in their final journey. And how wonderful that the baseball man happened to find your chapel that day. Indeed, God led him to you. May God Bless You all.,
That brought tears to my eyes. God bless those nuns. What a wonderful service they provide. Those two nuns at the end were really cute!
We were so bless in the Diocese of Fall River to have these wonderful sisters operating a home for terminally ill cancer patients. Sadly, the home was closed several years ago. What a loss!
They were known for their patient, loving, personal care. Truly an example of caritas.
One of my friends helps out as a substitute priest chaplain at their home in Atlanta and New York. Actually, he is in Atlanta right now.
I hope they attract lots of new vocations.