A college sprang from the academy in 1910 and provided a noteworthy, liberal arts education for 75 years. Dominican rooted me in faith. The sisters have expanded into other ministries since the sixties, when Vatican Council II opened up diverse possibilities for women in the Church and in the world at large. In community organizing, for instance, Sr. Only the limits of the Net attention-span preclude our enumerating the variety of ways to serve developed by the Dominicans of St. Mary.
All religious women can tell similar stories.
The first three are common to most vowed religious groups, with emphasis on one or another. Dominicans give equal emphasis to Study, understood as life-long learning. Mostly from south Louisiana, members are individuals together, challenging themselves to unity in diversity. For congregations desiring even more collaboration, St. Mary's leaders helped to initiate the Dominican Alliance which now numbers nine congregations. The Alliance is a partnership of U.S. Dominican women committed to collaboration linking their energy, resources, and personnel to preach the gospel.