June 2016 enewsletter from vocation office

Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia

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Summer classes are underway at the Motherhouse for the postulants, novices, and junior professed sisters. Classes this summer include Philosophy of Knowledge, Wisdom Literature, History of Philosophy, Ecclesiology, Ethics, Moral Theology, and Synoptic Gospels.

Summer Studies

On June 11, the community celebrated 50 years of religious profession with Sr. Mary Charles. We are grateful for her fidelity, perseverance, and joy!

Golden Jubilee

Dr. Jem Sullivan, a professor at the Dominican House of Studies, recently visited the Motherhouse. Dr. Sullivan writes for a variety of Catholic publications on catechetical themes and she is a regular contributing writer of articles on art in Magnificat. The sisters joined educators from around the country participating in the WISE Conference through Aquinas College for an inspiring presentation on "Beauty and Evangelization."

Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love A reflection by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz , President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops I joyfully welcome Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), the much anticipated post­synodal apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis.

The pope has given us a love letter to families—a love letter inviting all of us, and especially married couples and families, to never stop growing in love. It is also a love letter calling the Church, the family of God, to realize more and more her mission to live and love as a family.

Pope Francis is calling us to enter more deeply into the beauty of marriage and Christ's teaching.

From the opening lines of Genesis to the closing chapter of Revelation, and throughout the Gospels, God speaks eloquently to us about the joys and challenges of marriage and family life.

The Holy Father is giving us an active opportunity to reflect upon how each of us can belong more deeply to Christ. The Joy of Love is inviting us to share the treasure and medicine of Jesus. The teaching of Jesus inspires us to live out God's hope for us, and the mercy of Jesus heals and sustains us when we fall short. Let us remember that no obstacle is too big for Christ to overcome.

I encourage all to read and reflect on how the words of Pope Francis can be applied in our lives, in our families, and in our society. I am grateful once again to our Holy Father for encouraging and leading us in our call to encounter Jesus ever more deeply, especially in the great gift of family life, and to be His missionary disciples in the world.

Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia

New Missions 2016-2017 For 800 years, Dominicans have been sent all over the world to preach the Good News. In August 2016, the Congregation will send Sisters to five new missions. Four Sisters will begin serving at St. Saviour's Parish in Limerick, Ireland; two sisters will serve at St. Anthony School in Washington, D.C.; three Sisters will serve at St. James School and Parish in Elizabethtown, KY; three sisters will teach, study, and serve at the University of Dallas; and two sisters will begin preparations for the new Saint John Paul II High School in the Diocese of Phoenix with another sister teaching at nearby St. John Vianney Catholic School. For the blessing of these new missions and the opportunity to serve, we thank God. Mary, Star of the New Evangelization, pray for us

NEW WEBSITE Launched March 19, 2016

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