DNS Publications

DNS Publications is the publishing house of the
Dominican Nuns of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary.

OUR STORY

DNS Publications began with the publishing of several vocational books to help a wider audience gain a better understanding of our way of life.

In 2011, after a series of excellent annual retreat conferences given by Fr. Walter Wagner, OP, on the Rule of St. Augustine, the nuns of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary agreed that a transcription of the lectures would make a welcome addition to the monastery library.

Once the text was completed, it was clear that it would be a valuable resource for more than just the nuns - so, the community decided to edit the volume and publish it. The result was ‘Dominican Life: A Commentary on the Rule of St. Augustine’ and its reception was so warm that a number of other works on the Dominican tradition quickly followed.

Since then, DNS Publications has been pleased to make 16 new and classic titles relating to the charism of the Dominican Order available to the public and continues to source and produce new works in the spirit of sharing the fruits of Dominican contemplation.

OUR LOGO

When the Order of Preachers was first founded, the followers of St. Dominic quickly became a fixture of medieval urban society.

Known for their lively zeal and persistence in teaching the truths of the Catholic Faith, townsfolk soon began referring to them as the ‘Hounds of the Lord’ - a play on the Latin ‘Domini’ (Lord) ‘canes’ (hounds or dogs) and their identity as ‘Dominicans’.

CONTACT US

DNS Publications  |  Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary

Summit, NJ 07901, USA

dnspublications@summitdominicans.org

Recent Publications

  • The Spark in the Reeds

    SMC

    When five-year-old Gregory ‘Hirst’ Bocking witnesses the spectacular installation of the new Abbott of Baumgarten in 1794, his young imagination is instantly captivated by the grandeur of the monastic vocation. In a fit of enthusiasm, he implores his mother to bring the monks to their family seat at Carmadon in Devon. Little does Hirst know the struggles facing Catholics in that heavily Protestant county in the west of England. Little, too, does he know what God will ask of him for the realization of his dream: nothing less than everything.

    First published in 1940, The Spark in the Reeds is a novel rich with the penitential spirit of twentieth-century Catholicism. Full of a keen awareness of the spiritual value of suffering and a heroic generosity in the magnanimous desire for the salvation of souls, it offers the twenty-first century a vibrant window into what faith under pressure can be.

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  • Prayers of the Saints

    Compiled by Fr . Matthew Powell, OP

    Compiled by Fr. Matthew Powell, OP, Prayers of the Saints is a short collection of prayers from some of the greatest saints in the Church including Saint Benedict of Nursia, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint John of the Cross, Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas More and others.

    Compact and convenient, this little volume is full of powerful prayers and devotions for all sorts of situations and circumstances in Christian life.

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  • Hidden in the Light: Dominic, Man of the Word of God

    Sr. Paola Panetta, OP

    This little book was written during the Jubilee of the Dies Natalis of Saint Dominic and is the fruit of the wish to make Saint Dominic better known: in it the reader is guided by the memories of two of Dominic's disciples, Brother Jordan of Saxony and Sister Cecilia, through their memories, their personal experience of the journey with their master and friend. Both would later be beatified by the Church.

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