The Dominican Sisters
of the Holy Spirit a small congregation established by a Dominican
father Pio Alberto Del Corona (1837-1912) were approved by Pope Pius IX
on the 8 May 1872 at a hearing granted to our Founder and to the first
Mother superior Elena Bruzzi Bonaguidi.
The principal purpose
was to form an “Asylum” of contemplative
souls, dedicated, in accordance with the wishes of Pope
Pio IX, to the education of the little
girls. The sisters have been entrusted with a mixed program of life:
from contemplation (contemplative interior-life) there issues the
apostolate: charity through contact with neighbours, active- exterior
life.
Recently the educational activity has been
replaced by assistance to elderly women.
Father Pio Alberto del Corona wanted his
“Asylum” to bear the name of the Holy Spirit since from the beginning
the sisters exchanged between themselves the greeting of Saint Gregory
the Great: “The Holy Spirit is Love”.
To live in accordance with the spirit of
the founder,the sisters cannot restrict themselves to invoking the Holy
Spirit,but they must also spread it is cult.To this end,the
sisters,therefore,must meditate upon the texts that reveal and explain
the Holy Spirit starting from the Bible and the Liturgy,continuing with
the Fathers and the Doctors of the Church,especially Saint Thomas
Aquinas and Saint John of the Cross.
