From time to time I get updates reading this
post. The following is the most recent update that was left in the combox by an anonymous commenter.
"The Union City, NJ monastery of cloistered Dominican nuns has ended as a community. Of the six nuns reported on in the Order of Preachers' Monialibus, two nuns have died, one is in a nursing home, one has transfiliated to the Corpus Christi Monastery of Dominican nuns in the Bronx, and the other two have moved out of the Blue Chapel. Of these last two nuns, they answer now to the Provincial Prior in New York City who is partnered with the New Jersey bishop to find the nuns a home".
Thanks for the update. It has been very difficult to obtain any information about the status of the "Blue Chapel". Most of the magnificent interior was designed by Sister Mary of the Compassion,OP,the former Constance Mary Rowe. It is hard to imagine that this sacred space stands empty today without the prayers and the songs of the nuns within its walls. I was hopeful that the house could be given to Dominican nuns who would be willing to come here asgain, from foreign places, as the original 12 sisters came from France. Union City has changed a great deal since then, no doubt. But many of the nuns are buried there. Who is caring for the property?
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Deacon, would it be possible for you to contact the Archdiocese of Newark? Maybe they can guide you in the right direction.
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