July 2017 e newsletter

Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia

LAUDARE, BENEDICERE, PRAEDICARE To Praise, To Bless, To Preach

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Summer 2017

In this issue: Learn more about recent news and events

including the Golden Jubilee, summer studies, new missions, and more!

In this issue:.. *Meditations on Dominic and the Sacred Heart *Golden & Silver Jubilees *Feast of the Sacred Heart *Summer Studies and Apostolic Adventures *4th of July

SUMMER STUDIES At the Motherhouse, the Sisters in the Novitiate and early years of formation took classes in Ecclesiology, Moral Theology, and Metaphysics. Other Sisters were also able to study in advanced degree programs at a variety of colleges and universities.

2017

Vacation Bible School

FOCUS Training

Girls' Retreat

Leadership Camp

Summer 2017

APOSTOLATE on the road This summer, the Sisters were blessed to participate in over 50 apostolic endeavors throughout the country.

Golden Jubilee

On June 11 the community celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Profession of four of the sisters. Â Pictured above are (L-R): Â Sister Francine, Sister Mary Davyd, Mother Ann Marie, Sister Marian and Sister Joan Marie.

Silver Jubilee

On July 2, Â friends and family joined the community to celebrate Sr. Mary Cecilia's 25 years of religious profession, thanking God for his mercy and fidelity.

ST. CECILIA MOTHERHOUSE

Fourth of July SUMMER 2017

Recommended Reading Heart of the Redeemer

by Timothy T. O'Donnell, STD Available through Ignatius Press

Years of careful research have produced a one volume synthesis of how the devotion to the Heart of Jesus has developed over the centuries. The result is a moving overview of how the love for Jesus Christ has grown in the hearts of the faithful from Calvary to the present day.

"I firmly believe that the spirituality fostered by this devotion can best meet the spiritual needs of our age.

It is a practical form of spirituality which emphasizes 'famlliaritas cum Christo' and therefore is marvelously suited to aid priest, religious and laity alike in their journey of growth in holiness. If practiced in the family, devotion to the Heart of Jesus may greatly help to counter those pagan elements of culture which all too often work their way into the sanctuary of the home."

Timothy T. Â O'Donnell, S.T.D. --from the Introduction

Heart of Christ Heart of Dominic Though formal devotion to the Sacred Heart was developed more fully in later Church history, St. Dominic was ever devoted to the heart of Jesus as the fount of all his apostolic charity. A priest who had heard St. Dominic preach eloquently on Scripture asked him in what book he most studied more than any other.

St. Dominic answered, "In the Book of Charity" (Lives of the Brethren, XXV). Christ's heart, especially as revealed on the Cross, was that open book in which Dominic read all the "treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Col 2:3).

Studying Jesus' heart from the foot of the cross, St. Dominic discovered how deeply he was loved

by God and how deeply God wanted him to bring others to experience this saving love. In her Dialogue, God the Father revealed to St. Catherine of Siena the mission He had given to St. Dominic: "At what table does he feed his sons...? At the table of the cross, which is the table of holy desire... there to seek the glory and praise of My name alone, and the salvation of souls" ("A Treatise on Obedience," 5). Down through the centuries, Dominicans have thus approached the pierced heart of Christ as both the subject and the sustenance of their preaching mission.

Because the Novitiate is dedicated to the Sacred Heart, the other Sisters help them celebrate this feast by making special treats for them and decorating their places in the refectory.

Sacred Heart Novitiate