Our Founder

In Celebration of Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli, OP

Father Samuel Mazzuchelli

November 4, 2006 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli, OP, founder of the community of Dominican sisters in Sinsinawa, WI and of St. Clara Academy, the school that grew into Dominican University. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, we prepared a brief history of our community’s first leader.

Part 1: Motivation
Part 2: Mission
Part 3: Mound
Part 4: Maturity

For more information about Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli, OP—including the efforts to have him canonized as a saint—we recommend the following site.