St. Cecilia Chapter Of Lay Dominicans

Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. was our retreat master and his last talk was on Dominican Tradition.

Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. was our retreat master and his second talk was on Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati.

Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. was our retreat master and his first talk was on Dominican Life.

In April of 2015 Fr. William Casey of the Fathers of Mercy spoke to us about Divine Mercy. Here are the files for the Introduction and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and his main talk. Fr. Casey Divine Mercy Chaplet SaveSave

Introduction and Fr. Bill Casey, C.P.M. leads us in the Divine Mercy Chaplet.

Our keynote speaker during our 2017 Day of Recollection was Fr. Joseph Alobaidi, O.P. on “Praying God’s Word in the Pslams”

Sr. Mary Madeline, O.P. gave the second talk at our Day of Recollection for 2017. The title of her presentation was “Encountering Christ in the Gospels”

Sr. Mary Dominic, O.P. gave the first talk at our Day of Recollection for 2017. The title of her presentation was “Praying God’s Word in the Old Testament: You Are Loved”

Brad Schepisi gave our larger group a talk on “Preaching from Humility, the Humility of Preaching”. Brad has a website for his apostolates at SeekKnockAsk.com During our December meeting the Lay Dominicans presented Sr. Mary Emily a reproduction of our icon Father Dominic for the St. Cecilia Sisters.

Joan Watson, the Director of Adult Faith Formation for the Diocese of Nashville gave our larger group talk on “The Paradox of Beauty”. Her website is https://joanmwatson.com. The address by Cardinal Ratzinger that was referenced in the talk can be found at “The Feeling of Things, the Contemplation of Beauty”