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| Templo Santo Domingo |
Then the persecution started up again and
the small group living in the house were forced to move out again. They
took refuge in a small house owned by Sister María's family, but this lacked
furnishings, so they took up residence in a small house near Templo Santo
Domingo. In January
1934 the
owner of the house offered to sell it to them for $700 and Sister María wrote
the Mother Superior to request the needed sum as soon as possible. She
also asked two former Sisters, Rosa Méndez and Florentina Hernandez for
help. Before a reply came back from California these two came to their
rescue sending not just $700 but $1000. At the end of1935 the government turned
the property back over to the Alvarez family who gave them the Oratorians the
keys again. The Sisters were invited to return, but by now they had
serious reservations. The Oratorians told them if they did not want the house,
they would give it to the Franciscan Sisters instead. Immediately, they
set aside their qualms and commenced cleaning, sweeping and making the house
inhabitable again. On June 11, 1936, the Oratorians re-consecrated the
chapel, celebrated Mass and restored the Blessed Sacrament to the tabernacle.
The Sisters reopened the school renaming it Colegio Santo Domingo. Sister
María Dominica Ochoa was assigned to be Superior and Madre Bernardina Michel
was elected Mother Superior in California of the Congregation.
