Sister Maria Dolores Perez Mesuro is the new president of the Federation of Dominican Nuns of St. Dominic

The Federal Assembly of the Dominican nuns of the Federation of St. Dominic has elected sor Mª Dolores Pérez Mesuro OP as the new federal president for the six-year term 2022-2028. She takes over from sor Mª del Carmen Rodríguez OP, from the monastery of Lerma, who has held this office from 2009 to the present.

The representatives of the different monasteries of the Federation have been meeting since Friday 27th May in the convent of Santo Domingo de Caleruega, the birthplace of the founder of the Order of Preachers, St. Dominic of Guzman.

About sor Lola

Mª Dolores Pérez Mesuro OP was born in Madrid. She has been a Dominican since 1980. Before that she was a civil servant in the Ministry of Agriculture. At the same time she studied Philosophy and Arts (then at the Autonomous University of Madrid, specialising in History of Art). She has been prioress on several occasions of the monastery Sancti Spiritus de Toro.

The Federation of Santo Domingo

Like the majority of female monastic families, the monasteries of nuns of the Order of Preachers were grouped into federations, following the recommendation of the apostolic constitution Sponsa Christi, of 23 November 1950, to facilitate fraternal help, with a convenient distribution of offices, the transfer of nuns from one monastery to another due to utility or necessity, the opportune communication of goods and the coordination of work, as well as the promotion of the religious spirit and monastic discipline.

In Spain, the Federation has a total of 26 monasteries in the autonomous communities of Castilla y León, Madrid, Asturias, Galicia, Pais Vasco, La Rioja, Extremadura and Castilla La Mancha.