Monday, January 1, 2007

Our Meeting Place

The Monastery of the Perpetual Rosary
1500 Haddon Ave, Camden NJ

The Fraternity of Saint Dominic meets at the only cloistered monastery in the Diocese of Camden. The Monastery is the Shrine of the Perpetual Rosary and is the burial place of Father Damien Marie Saintourens, OP global founder of the Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary.



The Community meets on the Third Sunday of the month. Meetings begin with the Eucharist and include Community Formation, Fellowship time, Spiritual Direction from our Friar, and the Rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament with the Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary.

The Chapel of the Monastery is a true work of art. The all-stone structure is one of the most beautiful church buildings in the area. Even though the current chapel was built in 1927, it has a centuries-old feel. Upon entering the chapel for the first time, one imagines walking back in time to a quiet monastery where you could find a monk arriving on horse back to deliver the latest papal bull from Rome... If you have never visited this oasis of prayer, you really should!

The sanctuary is flanked by curved stairs that lead to the Rosary Shrine above the main altar. Here the carved marble statute of our Lady, crowned as Queen of Heaven, holds the child Jesus as she gives the rosary to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena.

The chapel is also home to an encased statute of Our Lady of Fatima. This statute is one of only five in the world like it. It was a gift of the Dominican Nuns of Fatima, Portugal. The cloister in Fatima was founded by the Camden Nuns.

You can visit the monastery chapel from 7am until 3pm Sunday through Friday.