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The Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception are a religious community of women consecrated to Christ in the Dominican charism with the mission of living the Word of God through teaching, evangelization and health care. The community was founded in 1861 by Maria Rose Columba Bialecka (1838 - 1887)〔http://www.dolr.org/religious/womenreligiousdirectory.pdf〕 in Poland.〔(About Us )〕 ==Identity & Mission== The ministry of the Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception focuses on Christian education, care of the sick and elderly persons, and assistance to the poor throughout the world. A typical, daily routine for the sisters includes Divine Office, meditation, Mass, Holy Hour of Eucharistic adoration and Benediction, rosary, spiritual reading, recreation, and apostolic work. The apostolic work ranges in nature from teaching, facilitating retreats, caring of the sick and elderly, to preparation for the Sacred Liturgy (see Mass), etc.〔http://sistersop.com/blog/about/〕 The Dominicans – also known as “Order of Preachers”〔http://www.op.org/〕 – adhere to the motto of “contemplare et comtemplata aliis tradere", which translates from Latin as “contemplate and pass on the fruits of contemplation". They were founded by St. Dominic in the 13th century. He was motivated by the society’s need for greater education, and strove to confront heresy and defend truth by proper educational formation and devotion to prayer.〔http://www.religious-vocation.com/differences_religious_orders.html〕 All religious institutes share certain practices in common, such as community prayer (primarily the Divine Office), community meals, work, private prayer, meditation, study, and, finally, religious vows (typically, the vows of evangelical counsels; poverty, chastity, and obedience). Often, the formation process is divided into five “stages” of discernment: observant/aspirant, postulant, novice, simply professed, and solemnly professed (or perpetual vows). Until solemn profession of vows, the discernment process typically continues for about 5–8 years and the novice can leave at any time during this period.〔http://www.religious-vocation.com/differences_religious_orders.html〕 A typical schedule for a religious community might look like the following: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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