{"id":296377,"date":"2019-03-08T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T18:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=296377"},"modified":"2019-03-08T13:40:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T18:40:16","slug":"boom-dominican-sisters-expand-to-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2019\/03\/boom-dominican-sisters-expand-to-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Boom: Dominican Sisters Expand to Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Awesome news.<\/a><\/strong> I wish they\u2019d come to New York:<\/p>\n

The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist\u00a0had a problem.<\/p>\n

They were running out of room at their convent in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they had been based since 1997.<\/p>\n

It was a good problem to have, the result of a boom in young vocations. But it meant that the community of 140 sisters needed to expand.<\/p>\n

With property in both California and Texas, the sisters prayerfully considered both options, ultimately deciding that God was calling them to open a new convent in the Georgetown, Texas.<\/p>\n

Twenty-five miles north of Austin, Georgetown is in the Hill Country of the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n

The sisters\u2019 presence in Texas reaches back to 2009, when eight sisters came to teach in the Diocese of Austin, invited by then-Bishop of Austin Gregory Aymond. Members of the community currently teach in four Catholic schools in Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs our presence has steadily grown, our apostolate has flourished, enabling us to expand the work to which God has called us \u2013 to praise, to bless, and to preach through catechesis, evangelization, and witness,\u201d the sisters said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough it all, our hearts have been captured by the love of so many who have made all this possible through their sacrificial goodness.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2012, the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist\u00a0began a $30 million capital campaign to fund the first phase of a new Religious House.<\/p>\n

That phase was recently completed and is comprised of living space for 56 sisters, along with dining space, a gymnasium and library, and areas for education and community. Twelve sisters have moved in so far, the Dallas News reports.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read on.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

More details from the sisters\u2019 website<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As our presence has steadily grown, our apostolate has flourished, enabling us to expand the work to which God has called us \u2013 to praise, to bless, and to preach through catechesis, evangelization, and witness. Through it all, our hearts have been captured by the love of so many who have made all this possible through their sacrificial goodness.<\/p>\n

We also are honored to be teaching in the following schools in Texas:<\/p>\n