Dominic, to pray constantly in what Labarga termed the “rearguard” while their fellow religious brought the Gospel to the world. It was in that country that the Dominican order of cloistered nuns was founded more than 800 years ago by St. “Despite being cloistered, nuns have always been an important element in the life of a place,” said Fermín Labarga, professor of church history at the University of Navarra in Spain. The rest of the convent is considered a sacred space, where the nuns live mostly in silence and contemplation, leaving only for medical reasons or government requirements. Ending more than two years of pandemic seclusion, the sisters will welcome visitors back to the public part of their church starting at a Mass in early August for the convent’s 425th anniversary. She and other sisters spoke in the convent’s parlor, from behind a widely spaced white iron grille that demarcates the cloistered space from the outside world.
“In such a touristy island, the last thing one thinks about is praying - so we are the ones who do it,” Sister Lucía María de Fátima, the prioress, said on a recent morning. It’s a crucial if often misunderstood mission within the church, where constant prayer is deemed necessary to support more outwardly engaged ministries. Inside this convent on one of the trendiest islands in Greece, a predominantly Christian Orthodox country, 13 cloistered Catholic nuns devote their lives to praying for those visitors and for the world. Catherine, steps from Santorini’s world-famous volcanic cliffs. THIRA, Greece (AP) - Cruise-ship tourists crowding souvenir shops and couples chasing the perfect Instagram sunset throng the alleyway outside the Monastery of St.
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