A bride of Christ: Desire for Christ leads Bishop Chatard graduate to life as Dominican sister
The Criterion (Archdiocese of Indianapolis), January 13, 2012
http://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/2012/01-13/s-bride.html

Dominican nun, doctor strives to heal the whole person
The Tennessee Register, October 14, 2011
http://www.dioceseofnashville.com/a-nurse-nun.htm

Statement regarding the Department of Health and Human Services Interim Final Rules on Preventive Services
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), September 29, 2011
http://c0391070.cdn2.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/pdf/aclj-comments-HHS-dominican-sisters.pdf

Women Religious Leave Lasting Impact on Diocese
Tennessee Register, August 19, 2011
http://www.dioceseofnashville.com/a-womenreligious-history.htm

Australians Profess Vows as Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia
Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese, August 11, 2011
http://www.sydney.catholic.org.au/news/latest_news/2011/2011811_1520.shtml

Dominican's Dream Comes True with Final Profession of Vows
Tennessee Register, August 5, 2011
http://www.dioceseofnashville.com/a-dominicans.htm

New Spring Catholic High School Named
Your Houston News, July 16, 2011
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/living/article_51fd6b95-8ad7-5a1c-87a8-3af99cfadc5f.html

So You Want to Be a Nun?
Arlington Catholic Herald, July 27, 2011
http://catholicherald.com/local_news/detail.html?sub_id=16336

New Spring Catholic High School Named
Your Houston News, July 16, 2011
http://www.http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/living/article_51fd6b95-8ad7-5a1c-87a8-3af99cfadc5f.html

DeSales Campus Opens New Convent for Nashville Dominicans
The Catholic Review, June 16, 2011
http://www.catholicreview.org/subpages/selectedstory.aspx?action=10131

Notre Dame's Return of the Dominican Sisters
Chattanooga CityScope, Spring 2011
http://www.cityscopemag.com/CS1.11/10_CS1.11_DominicanSisters.pdf

Sister Joan of Arc Former University of Notre Dame Women's Basketball Player
Living Bread Radio, February 21, 2011
http://www.livingbreadradio.com/index.php?view=sermon&id=10483&option=com_sermonspeaker&Itemid=77


Nuns in St. Mary's Convent Shed Light on Everyday Life
WBIR, February 15, 2011
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=157128

Younger Catholic Women Get into the Habit
Voice of America, January 11, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/people/Younger-Catholic-Women-Get-into-the-Habit-113267249.html
 

For These Young Nuns, Habits Are The New Radical
NPR, December 22, 2010
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/22/131753494/for-these-young-nuns-habits-are-the-new-radical

Nashville Congregation Marks 150th Anniversary
Dominican Life USA, 2010
http://www.domlife.org/2010Stories/150th_nashville.htm

Dominicans, SCA Prepares Jubilee Celebrations
Tennessee Register, April 30, 2010
http://www.dioceseofnashville.com/a-dom150th.htm

Nashville nuns lead nation in number of newcomers
The Boston Globe, September 15, 2010
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/09/15/nashville_nuns_lead_
nation_in_number_of_newcomers

Nashville nuns attracting most US postulants
CathNews,
September 7, 2009
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=16311

Parishes, schools in Nashville serve flood victims
National Catholic Reporter
May 19, 2010
http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/parishes-schools-nashville-serve-flood-victims

Nashville nuns lead nation in number of newcomers
USAToday, September 15, 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-09-16-nuns15_ST_N.htm

In search of the big “V”
The Catholic Herald,October 20, 2010
http://www.catholicherald.com/detail.html?sub_id=14070

U.S. 'Nashville Dominican' Nuns Evangelize the Young in Sydney, Australia
Catholic News Service, March 13, 2008
http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=27174

Sister Terese Auer, O.P., PhD., and Sister Mary Diana Dreger, O.P., M.D., gave presentations during the morning assemblies of October 7 and 8, respectively.  The theme of the conference was "Formation of Physicians: Vision and Virtues for a New Era in Medicine." 

Sister Terese, a philosophy instructor with expertise in Thomistic philosophy, presented a talk entitled Moral Decision Making. Sister Terese has taught philosophy on the college level and presently teaches at John Paul the Great High School in the diocese of Arlington, VA.  She is Chair of the Department of Bioethics and the author of two bioethics texts for high school students, The Human Person--Dignity Beyond Compare and Called to Happiness--Guiding Ethical Principles.  For more information on these books, please see our Bookstore.  

Sister Mary Diana, a physician of internal medicine, presented The Practice of Virtue in the Practice of Medicine.  Sister Mary Diana is a graduate of Vanderbilt University Medical School where she received her degree in internal medicine.  She serves as physician at the Saint Thomas Family Health Center South Clinic, Nashville, and serves as primary physician to many members of the St. Cecilia Congregation. 

Sister Terese and Sister Mary Diana speak with Dr. Marcella Moffitt and the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix at the Bishop's Reception.

Sister Mary Diana speaks to the Assembly of 375 participants gathered for the National Catholic Medical Association Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mother Ann Marie Karlovic, O.P., Sister Rose Marie Masserano, O.P., and Sister Mary Evelyn Potts, O.P. celebrated 50 years of religious profession of vows on July 1, 2011, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart.

Bishop David Choby gathers with the golden jubilarians, Sister Mary Evelyn, Sister Rose Marie and Mother Ann Marie, in the exonarthex just before Mass.

Assisted by Deacon Mark Faulkner and Father Alfred Wilder, Bishop David Choby presides at the Mass for the Golden Jubilee.

At the reception following the Mass, Sister Mary Evelyn greets her family and friends and thanks them for helping her celebrate her Golden Jubilee.

Sister Catherine Marie Hopkins, O.P., celebrated 25 years of religious profession on July 2, 2011.  The ceremony coincided with the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the patronal feast of Sister Catherine Marie.

Bishop David Choby greets Sister Catherine Marie and her brothers Father Peter and Father Edward in the exonarthex before Mass.

Father John Hopkins elevates the host at the consecration during the Silver Jubilee Mass for Sister Catherine Marie Hopkins on July 2, 2011.

Sister Catherine Marie Hopkins joins her parents, Nelly and Peter, and her four brothers (from l. to r.) Father Edward, Stephen, Father Peter, and Father John in the Recreation Hall after her Silver Jubilee Mass.

With her hand and Mother Ann Marie's on the Constitutions, Sister Marie Isaac professes her religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience "for all my life" during the Mass of Perpetual Religious Profession on July 25, 2011.

The professed sisters of the community give the Sign of Peace to the newly professed.

The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia and guests fill the pews at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tennessee, to witness the perpetual profession of seven sisters.

The quatrefoil in the Cathedral choir loft frames the seven perpetually professed sisters as they receive a blessing from Bishop David Choby at the conclusion of Mass.

Sister Marie Therese convinces her nephew to smile for the camera in the receiving line after Profession.

The seven sisters to be perpetually professed--Sister Emma, Sister Maria Caeli, Sister Elizabeth Marie, Sister Marie Isaac, Sister Bernadette Marie, Sister Marie Therese, and Sister Maris Stella--gather on the Motherhouse grounds.

The Novices gather with Bishop James Vann Johnston of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Gerardeau, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Bishop David Choby of the Diocese of Nashville, Mother Ann Marie, Novice MIstress Sister Mary Angela, and Homilist Father Andre-Joseph LaCasse, O.P

The sisters meditate on the words of the Profession homily given by Father Andre-Joseph LaCasse, O.P.

After professing her vows “To the Honor of Almighty God,” Sister Victoria Marie signs her name in the Congregation’s book of profession.

Each sister receives her black veil, the sign of religious consecration, from the hands of Bishop Choby.

The newly professed sisters join in singing the Offertory hymn during the Mass of First Profession.

Bishop David Choby blesses the scapulars of the fifteen newly professed sisters as they make the prostration in the Cathedral sanctuary signifying the total laying down of their lives.

Two of the newly professed sisters, Sister Paula Marie and Sister Cecilia Rose, greet one another after the ceremony.

The sisters greet the new postulants and their families at a welcoming ceremony on Entrance Day, August 14.

After a retreat filled with rest and prayer, the postulants prepared to process into the chapel for the pinning ceremony before Vespers on August 18.

Mother Ann Marie pins the Dominican cross on each of the new postulants.

 
The postulants join the community for prayers after the pinning ceremony.

The fourteen postulants in the class of 2011-2012 came to Nashville from eight states and three countries.

Father Dominic Izzo, Father Ken Letoile, Father Brian Mulcahy (back), and classmates Brother Gerard Thayer (front left) and Father William Holt (front right) join Brother Ignatius Perkins (front center) for the celebration of his Golden Jubilee on September 17, 2011, at Saint Cecilia Motherhouse in Nashville, Tennessee.

Brothers Ignatius and Gerard gather in the exonarthex for the entrance procession for the Jubilee Mass concelebrated by priests from the Dominican Order and the dioceses of Tennessee.

Brother Herman Johnson from the Southern Province of St. Martin de Porres joins Brother Ignatius and Brother Gerard for their Jubilee Mass.

Father Brian Mulcahy, Prior Provincial of he Province of St. Joseph, presides at the Golden Jubilee Mass, assisted by former Prior Provincials Father Terrence Quinn and Father Dominic Izzo.

Mother Ann Marie congratulates Brother Ignatius on his fifty years of religious life after the Mass.

Brother Ignatius stands with members of his family who traveled to Nashville to celebrate the day with him.

January 2012
General Intention: Victims of Natural Disasters.
That the victims of natural disasters may receive the spiritual and material comfort they need to rebuild their lives.

Missionary Intention: Dedication to Peace.
That the dedication of Christians to peace may bear witness to the name of Christ before all men and women of good will.


February 2012
General Intention: Access to Water.
That all peoples may have access to water and other resources needed for daily life.

Missionary Intention: Health Workers.
That the Lord may sustain the efforts of health workers assisting the sick and elderly in the world's poorest regions.


March 2012
General Intention: Contribution of Women. That the whole world may recognize the contribution of women to the development of society.

Missionary Intention: Persecuted Christians. That the Holy Spirit may grant perseverance to those who suffer discrimination, persecution, or death for the name of Christ, particularly in Asia.


April 2012
General Intention: Vocations. That many young people may hear the call of Christ and follow him in the priesthood and religious life.

Missionary Intention: Christ, Hope for Africans. That the risen Christ may be a sign of certain hope for the men and women of the African continent.


May 2012
General Intention: The Family. That initiatives which defend and uphold the role of the family may be promoted within society. .

Missionary Intention: Mary, Guide of Missionaries. That Mary, Queen of the World and Star of Evangelization, may accompany all missionaries in proclaiming her Son Jesus.


June 2012
General Intention: Christ, Present in the Eucharist. That believers may recognize in the Eucharist the living presence of the Risen One who accompanies them in daily life.

Missionary Intention: European Christians. That Christians in Europe may rediscover their true identity and participate with greater enthusiasm in the proclamation of the Gospel.


July 2012
General Intention: Work Security. That everyone may have work in safe and secure conditions.

Missionary Intention: Christian Volunteers. That Christian volunteers in mission territories may witness to the love of Christ.


August 2012
General Intention: That prisoners may be treated with justice and respect for their human dignity

Missionary Intention: Youth Witness to Christ. That young people, called to follow Christ, may be willing to proclaim and bear witness to the Gospel to the ends of the earth.


September 2012
General Intention: That politicians may always act with honesty, integrity, and love for the truth.

Missionary Intention: Help for the Poorest Churches. That Christian communities may have a growing willingness to send missionaries, priests, and lay people, along with concrete resources, to the poorest Churches.


October 2012
General Intention: New Evangelization. That the New Evangelization may progress in the oldest Christian countries.

Missionary Intention: World Mission Day. That the celebration of World Mission Day may result in a renewed commitment to evangelization.


November 2012
General Intention: Ministers of the Gospel. That bishops, priests, and all ministers of the Gospel may bear the courageous witness of fidelity to the crucified and risen Lord.

Missionary Intention: Pilgrim Church. That the pilgrim Church on earth may shine as a light to the nations.


December 2012
General Intention: That migrants throughout the world may be welcomed with generosity and authentic love, especially by Christian communities.

Missionary Intention: Christ, light for all humanity. That Christ may reveal himself to all humanity with the light that shines forth from Bethlehem and is reflected in the face of his Church.

Select one of the links below to read the Holy Father's messages regarding early Dominicans: (1) the life and virtues of Saint Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers; (2) Mendicant Orders; and (3) Saint Albert the Great.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20100203_en.html

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20100113_en.html

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20100324_en.html

Salt and Light, Canada's Catholic Television Network, produced a documentary on the life and work of the Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation. 
Click on the link for a clip of this movie.  http://nashvilledominican.org/Vocations/The_Vocation_Director