Find Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia on Facebook

starting October 7, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary!

Go to facebook.com/dominicansistersofsaintcecilia

• Informationonupcomingeventssuchastalks,retreats,andvoca-tiontrips

• Resourcesforcatechesisandevangelization

• Spiritualreflections

• Prayers

“The challenge is to rediscover, through the means of social communication as well as by personal contact, the beauty that is at the heart of our existence and journey, the

beauty of faith and of the beauty of the encounter with Christ.”~ Pope Francis, Sept. 21, 2013

Asaninitiativeforthenewevangelization,theDominicanSistersofSt.CeciliaCongregationwilllaunchaFacebookpageonOctober7,FeastofOurLadyoftheRosary,dedicatingthisnewefforttoherpa-tronageandintercession.

WhyFacebook?SocialmediaofferauniqueopportunityforsharingtheGoodNews.Inhismessageforthe2013WorldCommunicationsDay,PopeEmeritusBenedictXVIchosetoreflectontheimportanceofsocialnetworksasnewspacesforevangelization.Henotedthat,“Believersareincreasinglyawarethat,unlesstheGoodNewsismadeknownalsointhedigitalworld,itmaybeabsentintheexperienceofmanypeople…”HeurgedChristianstoshareinthesespaces“thesourceoftheirhopeandjoy”:JesusChrist.Socialmediaprovideameansforbuildingcommunity,throughcommunicationandsharingofspiritualgoods,throughdialogueandfriendship.WeinviteyoutojoinourFacebookcommunityonOctober7,2013!

Read more:“Social Networks: Portals of Truth and Faith; New Spaces for Evangelization”

Message of Pope Benedict XVI for the 47th World Communications Day, 2013