Mother David Marie
of Our Mother of Sorrows
Entered 2 February 1955
First Vows 10 July 1958
Final Vows 10 July 1961
Mother General 1978 – 1995
As a means of allowing priests, deacons, religious, and laity a way to share in our charism of prayer and sacrifice for priests, Mother established the Oblates of the Precious Blood in 1981 under the guidance of the Servant of God, Father John A. Hardon, SJ. She completed the implementation of the Perpetual Adoration Program for the Handmaids of the Precious Blood that had begun in 1977 as well obtaining our Pontifical Status as a Contemplative Community during the Pontificate of Saint John Paul II in 1992. She celebrated her Golden Jubilee of Vows in 2008 and entered into her eternal reward 31 August 2013.
- The last pioneer. Mother as a postulant in 1955.
- Mother on her final vow day in 1961.
- Mother David Marie (back row above statue) with sisters in Santa Fe in 1961.
- Mother David Marie and her mom, Sylvia Walker, our first Oblate of the Precious Blood.
- With Bonnie, also an Oblate, in 1990.
- Mother with Pope Saint John Paul II in 1990.
- Always full of joy in 2001.
- Mother in 2005.
- On her Golden Jubilee of Vows in 2008.
- Mother in 2011.