My Summer With the Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, NY

By Maria Bohan

For years, I had passed by the grounds of the Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York. I was always struck by the beauty of the Motherhouse, and intrigued by the women that lived there.

The convent seemed like the antithesis of my twenty-first-century childhood. No matter how many times I turned onto Western Highway, the Motherhouse still stood, its cheery, red-brick face untouched.

From the outside, the building seemed to symbolize its inhabitants—they both were pristinely preserved artifacts from the past, things that did not fit with the architecture of today’s modern, fast-paced world.

After my first day as a volunteer in the congregation's Communications and Development departments, I realized that the building does not tell the whole story...

To find out what I learned about the Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, NY this summer, read the rest of this article here.