Message from Mother 
Dear Friends,
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! (Ephesians 1:2)
It seems appropriate to choose a greeting from St. Paul to begin this Letter of Welcome to you. St. Dominic, the thirteenth century founder of our Order, took great inspiration from Paul’s letters, carrying them with him wherever he traveled. Had they lived in our day, I think St. Paul and St. Dominic would both have used the Internet as a tool for the spread of the Gospel, communicating the Good News about Jesus Christ and the blessings that come to each of us through His call.
We wish our website to be just such a tool, one through which we can share with you something of our Dominican vocation and the life that is ours as those called by God to be Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of St. Cecilia in Nashville, Tennessee. Perhaps you have come to this site because you know us already and simply wish to “visit” us as friends; perhaps you have only heard about our community and are meeting us here for the first time, wanting to know more. Maybe you are curious about what a Dominican Sister is, and what she does. It might be that you are a young woman who feels herself mysteriously drawn by God’s grace to consider His call to Dominican religious life. Whatever the reasons that may have brought you to us, we do wish you, with St. Paul and St. Dominic, God’s grace and peace!
May your visit to our website be a means God uses, in whatever way He wishes, to draw you closer to Himself.
Mother Ann Marie Karlovic, O.P.
Prioress General
