A Reflection by Aria Dody ’21 In our everyday lives, we as humans notice how different things are. It’s our nature. We notice when a picture is taken from a horizontal angle to a vertical angle, even though the picture still turns out the same. Or when the degree in heat temperature changes, though it… Read More
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary A Reflection by Gracie Bott, 2021 When I was younger, I loved Mary. I remember learning about her in religion class and thinking, “Wow. I want to be just like her.” I may have been the only one to think this, but I always assumed that I could… Read More
At this summer’s 21st Annual Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference, juniors Sara Sciortino, Isabelle Fitzmorris, Aria Dody, and Gracie Bott, with Campus Minister Miss Claire Gallagher, traveled to Adrian, Michigan for a week of formation in the Dominican spirituality of preaching. The new Dominican student preachers learned how to preach from the pulpit and throughout… Read More
By Margaret Adams ’19 Good morning, Dominican. Today, I want to talk about how to be prepared for the coming of Jesus. Advent is a time of preparation in our waiting, and preparing in our hearts the way for the Lord, because He is coming, and we will never be sure of when. I am… Read More
In observance of International Day of Peace, a prayer service created by the Peace and Nonviolence Committee of the Dominican Sisters of Peace was shared with the St. Mary’s Dominican High School community. For the morning daily prayer, Principal Mrs. Carolyn Favre gave an opening prayer for “a world where peace is built with justice,… Read More
Today, at 12:30 p.m., the St. Mary’s Dominican High School community joined in the Southeast Louisiana Day of Prayer. A student preacher led students, faculty and staff in recitation of the Archdiocese of New Orleans Prayer – In the New Battle of New Orleans Against Violence, Murder and Racism. St Mary’s Dominican High School, sponsored by the Dominican Sisters… Read More
By Caroline Bickerton, Class of 2018 This July, I was blessed with the opportunity to attend the 19th Annual Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference with five of my fellow student preachers from St. Mary’s Dominican High School. Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan, became our home for a week as we dove into the true… Read More
On Saturday, February 4th, the student preachers and moderators Mrs. Marcia Peyton and Mrs. Katie Almon, traveled to Rosaryville where they led morning prayer for members of the Dominican laity from the St. Martin de Porres Southern Dominican Province. The preachers, who were invited by Provincial President Mrs. Jo Ann Cotterman, O.P., presented an adapted… Read More