(The order operates several schools, one of which our daughter will be attending this fall, and several sisters from the order were recently interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on her show.)
[Hat tip to E.E.]
Update:
Here's a link to an article that explains a bit more about these annual Latin orations at Harvard commencement exercises: Sarah Sweeney, "Commence wonderment" (Harvard Gazette, May 26, 2010).
When I heard about this I was sooo excited.
ReplyDeleteI had the opportunity as a former student at Ave Maria Law School (while it was still in Ann Arbor) to have quite a few interactions with both the DSoMME and the schools they run.
I know that if we move back to the area I would have no problems sending my children to those schools... hoping that one day might daughters would transition right on to the Dominican Sisters :)
Your children are blessed and fortunate! Glad to know there are strong, faithful parents out there!
This may be evident to some, but not all of your readers: Harvard has had a long tradition of having one graduate deliver a Latin Oration. The fact that this young lady gave one is not, in and of itself, newsworthy. It's the second part of your report that is impressive.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe, and also Alex. I've appended a link to the post in an update, which will take the reader to an article by Sarah Sweeney, "Commence wonderment" (Harvard Gazette, May 26, 2010), which sheds a bit more light on these annual commencement orations. I originally tried to link the article's picture of Mary Anne Marks, but it turned out too large for use on the blog.
ReplyDeleteNote that the Harvard pronunciation of Latin is not that used in Roman Catholic liturgies.
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