Aug 2, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Michigan Catholic Radio will honor the cofounder and superior of an order of nuns that is growing by leaps and bounds with its Pillar of the Church Award this month.
The honor will be conferred to Mother Assumpta Long, cofounder and superior of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, at Michigan Catholic Radio’s 6th anniversary celebration Aug. 19 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn.
At a time when most convents across the United States are being torn down, sold off or turned into assisted-living facilities, Mother Long’s convent, located on the outskirts of Ann Arbor, is bursting at the seams with nuns in full habit.
The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist began in 1997 when Mother Assumpta and three other Dominican nuns asked New York's John Cardinal O'Connor to assist them in founding a new order. Seven years later, there are 44 members in the community.