Margaret learned the Dominican practice of praying the Liturgy of the Hours chorally in Belgium and instilled a love of the Divine Office in her Sisters. In the beginning they prayed the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary in English. When they had acquired greater fluency in the pronunciation they prayed it in Latin. The Little Office is a shorter version of the longer liturgical hours prayed by the priests of the Order.
This version was recommended to the Sisters so they could devote more time to their apostolic ministries. To this were added the Confiteor and Misereatur and the Salve Regina after Compline. When the time came to write Constitutions for her Congregation, Margaret advocated for the privilege of praying a modified version of the Divine Office.
This version was recommended to the Sisters so they could devote more time to their apostolic ministries. To this were added the Confiteor and Misereatur and the Salve Regina after Compline. When the time came to write Constitutions for her Congregation, Margaret advocated for the privilege of praying a modified version of the Divine Office.
Drane, Augusta Theodosia (Mother Francis Raphael), Life of Mother Margaret Mary Hallahan: Foundress of the English Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena of the Third Order of St. Dominic, Longmans, Green and Co., New York, New York, 1929, p. 96.
