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1809-2009: Bicentennial Celebrations in honor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
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From SetonBicentennial.org:
- JANUARY 3, 2009 Opening bicentennial celebration at Convent Station, NJ. Click to view photos.
- JANUARY 4, 2009 Our Lady of the Rosary Parish/St. Elizabeth Seton Shrine. Speaker: Regina Bechtle, SC. Click to view transcript and photo.
- JANUARY 4, 2009 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was honored at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Staten Island.
- February 25, 2009, Ash Wednesday. The annual Ash Wednesday lecture will feature Zeni Fox, Ph.D., distinguished CMSV alumna and the 2003 "Ad Laudem Dei" honoree, 7 pm in the President’s Reception Room, College of Mount St. Vincent, Riverdale, NY. Click for more information.
- MARCH 17, 2009 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Details to follow.
- MARCH 25, 2009 Lecture Series at Mount St. Vincent, NY: “Sisters of Charity in Education” (Msgr. Thomas Shelley, professor of history at Fordham & author of The Archdiocese of New York: The Bicentennial History, 1808-2008). Open to the public.
- AUGUST 29, 2009 Circle Line Cruise around Manhattan, NYC; first is afternoon cruise; second is sunset cruise.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 4:00 PM Vespers and Reception at St. Peter’s, Barclay Street, NYC. Open to the public. (Optional walking tour at 2 PM; begin at Shrine Church of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 7 State Street, Battery Park, NYC.)
- OCTOBER 7, 2009 Lecture series at Mount St. Vincent, NY: Sisters of Charity in Health Care (Bernadette McCauley, professor of history at Hunter College & author of Who Shall Take Care of our Sick?: Roman Catholic Sisters and the Development of Catholic Hospitals in New York City). Open to the public.
- OCTOBER 16–18, 2009 Sixth Charity Associates Family Reunion, Emmitsburg, Maryland. Open to Sisters and Associates.
- OCTOBER 24, 2009 Day of Reflection on Mother Seton at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Staten Island. A ll are welcome.
- November 9, 2009 Lecture Series at Mount St. Vincent: Sisters of Charity in Child Welfare (Maureen Fitzgerald, professor of religious studies/American studies at College of William & Mary, author of Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920). All are welcome.
- JANUARY 3, 2010 Closing celebration at St. John’s University Chapel, Queens, NYC; Panel of speakers from congregations in Federation.
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Prayer
An Act of Contrition
My God, I love you above all things
and I hate and detest with my whole soul
the sins by which I have offended you,
because they are displeasing in your sight,
who are supremely good and worthy to be loved.
I acknowledge that I should love you
with a love beyond all others,
and that I should try to prove this love to you.
I consider you in my mind as infinitely greater
than everything in the world,
no matter how precious or beautiful.
I therefore firmly and irrevocably resolve
never to consent to offend you
or do anything that may displease your sovereign goodness
and place me in danger of falling from your holy grace,
in which I am fully determined
to persevere to my dying breath. Amen.
— St. Francis Xavier SJ
Francis Xavier (1506-52) was one of the original companions of
St. Ignatius. He spent his life as a missionary in India and Japan..
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Inspiration
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Jesus, may all that is you flow into me.
May your body and blood
be my food and drink.
May your passion and death
be my strength and life.
Jesus, with you by my side
enough has been given.
May the shelter I seek
be the shadow of your cross.
Let me not run from the love
which you offer,
But hold me safe from the forces of evil.
On each of my dyings
shed your light and your love.
Keep calling to me until that day comes,
When, with your saints,
I may praise you forever. Amen.
– David L. Fleming SJ
This prayer is a contemporary paraphrase of the Anima Christi – a favorite prayer of St. Ignatius which he placed at the beginning of his book of spiritual exercises. He frequently suggested that the retreatant conclude a prayer period by reciting this prayer.
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