"So great was Fr. Saintourens' love for the august Mother of God and so utterly convinced was he that the prayer of the Perpetual Rosary "gave the most beautiful and desirable form to this love", that he soon sought permission to establish religious communities dedicated exclusively to this work. In this way the Rosary could truly be perpetual.
25 August 1881
""...All the life of the Sisters of this institute converges toward Our Lady of the Rosary and her beloved work..."
8 September 1881
""In all things and places the Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary adore Jesus through Mary and honor Mary in Jesus...Thus, the Sisters, while meditating on the mysteries which accompany the recitation of the Rosary in their Hour of Guard ought to be penetrated with the fruit of each mystery, that is the virtue which it recalls and to put it into practice in their life according to the principle of the Rosary."
"Due to religious persecution in France, the Sisters were forced to relocate from the first foundation made in the city of Calais, 20 May 1880. They moved to safety into Belgium where they flourished and in 1891, as a result of Fr. Saintourens' missionary journeys, the first American foundation was made in Union City, NJ. In time, numerous other houses were founded in the USA, Europe, Japan and the Philippines. Our own Monastery, here in Fatima, was founded 16 June 1954.
"We conclude our brief sketch of the life of Fr. Saintourens by quoting from a homily given in 1955 by Fr. Edward L. Hughes, O.P., who was at that time Provincial of St. Albert's Province (USA). The occasion was Holy Mass marking the 75th anniversary of the Foundation of the Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary. He said:
"Fr. Damien was a humble man. He completely effaced himself and his own name in the propagation of the Perpetual Rosary. He must receive in the grave what he shrank from in life, recognition and tribute for his wonderful accomplishments in favor of devotion to the Mother of God."