Mother Mary Assumpta Long, O.P., is the Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She holds a S.T.L. in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. She has taught at the elementary, secondary and junior college levels, and served as President of Aquinas Junior College in Nashville, Tennessee. Mother Assumpta is a former President of the Forum of Major Superiors, and was invited by John Cardinal O’Connor to assist with the initial formation of the Sisters of Life in New York. She currently serves on the Board of Regents for Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida.
The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist was founded in 1997 by Mother Assumpta and three other Dominican sisters; the community has experienced phenomenal growth, expanding from four to 99 sisters in twelve years. The community’s primary apostolate is Catholic education in the spirit of the New Evangelization; fully Dominican in spirituality, the two distinguishing marks of the community’s charism are devotion to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist and total consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Sisters operate the Spiritus Sanctus Academies, two K-8 independent Catholic schools in Southeastern Michigan, and also have sisters teaching at the elementary and secondary level in the dioceses of Phoenix, AZ, Charleston, SC, Sacramento, CA, Austin, TX, and Venice, FL. The Dominican Sisters of Mary are committed to the reclamation of a truly Catholic culture through education, igniting one soul at a time with love for Jesus Christ and His Church.