They endeavor to live lives of simplicity and generosity. The Nuns Nuns are cloistered Dominican Sisters. Their lives most closely resemble the communities founded by St. Dominic to pray for the success of the friars' preaching. The nuns profess solemn vows and usually enter and remain in the same monastery throughout their lives. Their days are marked by silence, the necessary climate for contemplation and continuous prayer.
Nuns are also authors, supporters of the missions, and ministers to the poor.
They provide spiritual counsel and their monasteries are power houses of prayer. Many support themselves by producing hosts and vestments for Mass and other religious articles. The Liturgy of the Hours, as well as Mass and devotions such as perpetual adoration are the framework of their days. The Sisters Sisters are active, vowed religious women who are organized into individual Congregations, within which they minister as the common apostolate of the Congregation requires or work in the public or private sector. In common with the other branches of the Family, Sisters pray the Liturgy of the Hours, observe a regular practice of prayer and study, and live in community.