Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

George P. Matysek, Jr. has a nice story in the Catholic Review about the new Convent planned for the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia who teach at the all-girls high school, Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville, MD. Father Michael Roach, pastor of St. Bartholomew in Manchester and former president of the school’s board of trustees, sprinkled holy water on the grounds where the two-story building will stand. The convent will cost $2 million, including $1.5 million for construction and $500,000 for a maintenance endowment. More than $1 million has already been raised. Sister Anne Catherine said the convent will include a chapel, a community room, a work room and sleeping quarters. It will accommodate 12 sisters. Next year, five sisters will be working in the school and two others will live with the community as they continue their studies at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. The building is expected to be finished in early spring of 2011. Read this nice story here

In a previous post, I mentioned the St. Pius V Lay Dominican Pro Chapter that meets at Mount de Sales . The internet thereby archived the term, " Mount de Sales Academy " and folks are coming to this site after a search using that "search string." Mount de Sales Academy is a parochial high school for women located in Catonsville, MD . The "college preparatory" high school is administered by the Dominican Sisters of the St. Cecilia Congregation. The "Dominican" connection is probably why the Pro Chapter meets at Mount de Sales. So, that completes the circle!

As a Thomist (at heart if not in fact!) I cannot in good conscience mention the Carmelites without mentioning the Dominicans. Here is a link to the St. Pius V Lay Dominican Pro-Chapter which meets at Mount de Sales in Catonsville . They have a regular schedule of lectures on tap . The next speaker is April 19th: Free lecture: "Truth, Truths, and Contemplation" will be presented by Rev. Kurt Pritzl, O.P., Ph.D., the Dean of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. The talk will focus on our ability to know the truth through an intellect fundamentally contemplative in nature. It will consider how contemplation approaches Truth (not the "truths" of moral relativism) in a large and comprehensive sense through the consideration of particular truths and what is claimed to be true. The talk will also reflect on the Dominican mission to contemplate and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Please join