DOMINICAN NUNS. – Women’s congregations inspired by the Dominican Rule.
I. **D. OF B. IMMELDA (SISTERS IMELDINE).** – A congregation founded in Venice in 1922 by the Dominican Fr. Giocondo Lorgna and approved by the Holy See in 1943. It currently has 278 sisters in 29 houses, one of which is in a mission territory (Brazil).
The special aim of the congregation is the spread of Eucharistic devotion through perpetual adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament and the intellectual, moral, and religious assistance of youth.
II. **D. OF THE CONGREGATION OF NEW ZEALAND.** – Founded near Dunedin in 1871 by a group of religious from the Irish monastery of Sion Hill, Blackrock (Dublin), under the leadership of Mother M. Gabriella Gill, and constituted as a congregation in 1933. At the beginning of 1949, there were 152 sisters in 17 houses, engaged in charitable works, particularly education, running about 20 schools with over 1,500 pupils.
III. **D. OF THE ENGLISH CONGREGATION OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA.** – A congregation formed in 1929 by the union of five independent Dominican congregations, the oldest being that of St. Catherine of Siena, founded by Mother Margherita M. Hallahan in 1845. In 1949, it had 15 houses in England and Scotland, with 329 sisters engaged in parish work, the education of young women, and the care of the sick and orphans.
IV. **D. OF THE LITTLE HOUSE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE.** – Established in Genoa in 1863 through the efforts of Teresa Solari (Sister Caterina Domenica dello Spirito Santo), with the help and assistance of Fr. Vera, a Dominican. In 1939, the congregation received the decree of praise, and by early June 1948, it had 7 houses with 4 orphanages.
The 60 sisters engage in purely charitable work for orphaned, poor, and abandoned girls. They also run daycare centers, workshops, and elementary schools.
V. **D. OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.** – An institute founded in 1866 by Mother Edvige Portalet. It has its general house in Pompignan and some branches in France but is more widely spread in Peru and Ecuador, where two true provinces have been established. As of 1949, it consists of about 325 sisters in 24 houses, engaged in schools, orphanages, and daycare centers; they also undertake social work for workers and the blind.
VI. **D. OF THE PERPETUAL ROSARY.** – Established in Calais in 1880 by Fr. Domenico Saintourens for the continuous recitation of the Rosary before the Most Holy Sacrament. They are dedicated to a strictly contemplative life in enclosure. The few monasteries were united in 1931 and approved by the Holy See in 1939. Currently, they have 14 houses with 300 sisters.
VII. **D. OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS.** – Religious founded in 1876 at Hardinghen (Pas-de-Calais) by Mother Domenica Lavandier. The approximately 110 sisters run residences for students, boarding houses, workhouses, and clinics for the sick.
VIII. **D. OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS.** – Religious founded in 1888 at Tucumán by Elmina Paz de Gallo (Sister M. Domenica del S.mo Sacramento), with the cooperation of the Dominican Fr. Angelo Boisdron. They have eleven houses and just over a hundred sisters engaged in the education and instruction of youth, especially girls, in schools, colleges, and orphanages. They also work in hospitals.
IX. **D. OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY OF DETROIT.** – One of the most flourishing congregations of the Third Order of St. Dominic, with 1,448 sisters in 134 houses. It extends across North and Central America, with its general house in Adrian, in the diocese of Detroit. Founded around 1877, it is highly active in schools, colleges, academies, catechetical centers, etc. The sisters also serve in hospitals and homes for the elderly.
X. **D. OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY OF MONDOVÍ.** – A religious institute founded in Mondovì in 1844 by Mons. Tommaso Ghilardi for the education and instruction of youth in daycare centers, schools (including secondary and higher education), colleges, orphanages, workshops, etc. The sisters also care for the sick in clinics, hospitals, and at home, and assist in homes for the elderly. Today, there are about 300 sisters in 34 houses, two of which are abroad.
XI. **D. OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY AND ST. THOMAS AQUINAS.** – Founded in 1829 at Bar-le-Duc (with branches in France, Belgium, Sweden, and one in Beijing). There are about 220 sisters engaged in the education and instruction of girls in all forms: boarding schools, retreats, student residences, orphanages, and holiday camps.
XII. **D. OF NOTRE-DAME DE GRÂCE.** – A congregation born from the Work of the Refuge of St. Anne, dedicated to the preservation and rehabilitation of women. It has branches in France and abroad. As of 1949, it has 126 sisters in 5 houses.
XIII. **D. OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY.** – An Australian congregation with its general house in Adelaide, where it began in 1868 through the efforts of M.-T. Moore and a group of religious from the monastery of Our Lady of Cabra in Ireland; hence it is also called the Cabra Congregation. There are 106 sisters who run about ten schools.
XIV. **D. OF ST. SIXTUS THE ELDER.** – A religious congregation founded in 1893 by Sister Antonia Lalla at St. Sixtus the Elder, which was the first seat of the Dominicans in Rome. In 1948, it had 39 houses scattered throughout Italy and one in America, with 350 sisters. They engage in various apostolates: the education and religious formation of young women, care for the sick in hospitals, and good press through a printing school and related works.
XV. **D. OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA.** – The true purpose of this institute is indicated by its name, “Guardian of the Sick,” as they are almost exclusively dedicated to the care of the sick, especially workers and the poor, in their homes. It was founded by Mother Celeste in Perpignan in 1858. As of 1949, it has about 170 sisters in 17 houses.
XVII. D. OF ST. CATHERINE DE' RICCI. — Founded in 1880 by Sister Catherine de' Ricci of the Sacred Heart (Lucia E. Smith). There are now about 120 sisters dedicated to the work of spiritual retreats, teaching, and home care for the sick. They have houses in North and Central America.